CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
CBP has posted a presentation providing an update on ESAR A2.2 (the Initial Entry Summary Types release) and A2.3.1 (the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD) release) that was given at the March 3-4, 2009 Trade Support Network meeting. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/04/09 news, 09030425 4, for BP summary of other documents from the March TSN meeting.) (See future issue of ITT for details.) (Presentation, posted 03/06/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/trade_support_network/session_highlights/march_2009_tsn/esar_update.ctt/esar_update.pdf)
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1. ESAR A2.2 and A2.3.1 Update Presentation from TSN Meeting
2. CBP to Amend PG04 Record of PGA Data Set, Trade Will No Longer Leave Percent of Constituent Element Blank if 100%
CBP has issued a CSMS message regarding an amendment to the CATAIR Participating Government Agency (PGA) data set. CBP states that the PG04 record has a data element named "Percent of Constituent Element." The description contains the statement "Four decimals places are implied. If the percent is 100%, then leave blank." This statement will be amended to read "Three decimal places are implied." If the percentage is 100%, the ABI filers will no longer leave this field blank. (See CSMS message for examples.)
For Lacey Act the percentage field is completed only for recycled paper and paper board products. If the percent of the recycled paper and paperboard product is 100%, the genus/species and country of harvest are not required. If the percent of the recycled paper and paperboard product is less than 100%, the percent of paper and paper board product not recycled must have a genus/species and country of harvest records. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/27/09 news, 09022710, for BP update on the PGA data set.) (CSMS 09-000115, dated 03/06/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17501&page=&srch_argv=09-000115&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
3. CBP Resolves ACE Issue Where Trade Did Not Receive 355 Response Messages
CBP issued a CSMS message stating that at approximately 9:42 a.m. on March 8, 2009 it resolved an issue where trade users nationwide were not receiving 355 response messages after submitting e-Manifests via EDI. CBP previously issued a CSMS message announcing this issue. (CSMS messages, dated 03/08/09, hyperlinked, 09-000117 and 09-000116)
4. News Releases
CBP has issued news releases on the following:
CBP Nabs Hitchhiking Pests; Orders Shipping Container Re-Exported
Border Patrol Agents Seize $7.6 Million in Cocaine at Texas Checkpoint
(News releases, dated 03/06/09, hyperlinked)
5. Border Patrol's Weekly Blotter
CBP posted the U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter for February 26 - March 4, 2009. The Blotter provides information on Border Patrol activities during the specified week. (Blotter, dated 03/06/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/weekly_blotter/0226_0304.xml)
6. CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
The antidumping and countervailing messages CBP issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.
An overview of a number of recent AD/CV messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, are provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)