Miscellaneous CBP Releases
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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- The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is providing clarifying guidance for pistachio MO5 message set filings. AMS monitors the aflatoxin sampling and testing of raw and blanched, shelled and in-shell pistachios under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) codes 0802.52.0000 and 0802.51.0000. These products must be filed under the MO5 message set (here).
- CBP has approved one more final extension for submitting CBP Form 1302A (Cargo Declaration via Document Image System). On Dec. 1, the DIS will no longer be an acceptable method for submitting the Outbound Cargo Declaration (here).
- The National Marine Fisheries Service said there is an updated list of designated officials from the Government of Mexico to sign Certifications of Admissibility for certain seafood products imported into the U.S. That list is available at the NMFS website (here).
- The National Marine Fisheries Service said it has received approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the renewal of the Certifications of Admissibility form. The OMB Control Number for the new COA form will expire on July 31, 2028. The form is available at the NMFS website (here).
- CBP told ACE air manifest filers to include any optional Harmonized Tariff Schedule code in the free-text cargo description field. In the future, CBP plans to update ACE to only require the “Declared Value” and "ISO Currency Code" when the applicable HTS code is provided in the CSD record for express house air waybill record when the entry type is “11” or “92” only (here).
- CBP said late last week that Office of Field Operations officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized hard narcotics in two separate enforcement actions that totaled over $2.85 million in street value. The first seizure occurred on Sept. 24 at the World Trade Bridge, when a CBP officer referred a 2025 Freightliner truck manifesting express consignment shipments for secondary inspection. CBP officers discovered two separate shipments containing a total of 9.92 pounds of alleged methamphetamine. The second seizure occurred on Sept. 25 when a CBP officer referred a 2025 Kenworth tractor hauling a trailer with a shipment of stone bricks for secondary inspection. CBP officers discovered 206.79 pounds of alleged cocaine within the commodity (here).
- CBP said its officers in Minneapolis-St. Paul recently seized pallets of illicit vaping products for violating the FDA's Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The shipments, all originating from China and destined to a wholesaler in California, included electronic nicotine delivery systems and refill cartridges, CBP said. The shipments contained several flavors of unauthorized vaping products, and the manufacturers suggested retail price would have been more than $1.47 million (here).