Miscellaneous CBP Releases
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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- An issue involving the ACE Manifest EDI processing being degraded has been resolved as of June 11 at 4:27 p.m. EDT (here).
- The interface between the FDA and CBP will have extended downtime, June 21 10 p.m. through June 22 6 a.m. EDT. This downtime is due to a critical downstream database upgrade. Regarding Prior Notices, CBP says the delay may lead to PNs being reviewed beyond expected time frames (Truck/Land: 2 hours, Rail/Air: 4 hours, Sea: 8 hours). The agency recommends filing PNs early to "mitigate the impact of the delay" (here).
- CBP is notifying the Office of Management and Budget that it is collecting information related to CBP Form 4315, "Application for Allowance in Duties." This form is submitted to CBP in instances of claims of damaged or defective imported merchandise on which an allowance in duty is made in the liquidation of the entry. The information on this form is used to substantiate an importer’s claim for such duty allowances (here).
- CBP also notified OMB that it has modified the wording within the ACE application form "Air Carrier/Rail Carrier/Sea Carrier/Truck Carrier/Driver/Crew" from "gender" to "sex." This modification occurred on Feb. 6 and was meant to comply with a presidential executive order addressing gender (here).
- CBP is notifying OMB that it has changed the number of burden hours related to the collection of data from commercial invoices. The commercial invoice is provided to CBP by the importer. CBP Form 7501 is submitted as a supporting document for this collection. To facilitate trade, CBP did not develop a specific form for this information collection. Importers are allowed to use their existing invoices to comply with these regulations (here).
- CBP is extending its efforts to collect data related to the drawback process, according to a Federal Register notice. CBP Form 7553, Notice of Intent to Export, Destroy or Return Merchandise for Purposes of Drawback, documents both the exportation and destruction of merchandise eligible for drawback. The NOI is the official notification to CBP that an exportation or destruction will occur for drawback eligible merchandise. There is no change to this information collection (here).
- CBP also plans to continue to collect data on liens from CBP Form 3485. The data collected on this form is used by CBP to ensure that liens have been satisfied or discharged before delivery of the freight from public stores or bonded warehouses, and to ensure that proceeds from public auction sales are duly distributed to the lienholder. CBP notified OMB of its plans to extend this data collection (here).
- CBP is informing OMB that it is continuing data collection efforts from several forms related to NAFTA: CBP Form 434, North American Free Trade Certificate of Origin; CBP Form 446, NAFTA Verification of Origin Questionnaire; and CBP Form 447, North American Free Trade Agreement Motor Vehicle Averaging Election (here).
- CBP plans to continue to collect information from the CBTPA Certificate of Origin, CBP Form 450, according to a notice. CBP Form 450 collects data such as contact information for the exporter, importer, and producer, as well as information about the goods being claimed and provides instructions for its completion (here).