Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Aug. 12 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:
On Aug. 12 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Aug. 12 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 13:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 12, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Aug. 11. This report (here) includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.
The Port of San Antonio is soliciting applicants for a new container examination station (CES). The agreement will last from three to five years, said CBP. To apply, contact Rufus Postell at (210) 821-6965.
CBP Miami on Aug. 12 sent out an information bulletin reminding importers and their agents of their responsibilities when importing fruits and vegetables. The notice reiterated that a copy of the relevant Department of Agriculture permit is required with each shipment. Unless a USDA transit permit was issued, the importer must be disclosed and made available for inspection the port of first arrival in a manner designated by the CBP agriculture specialist. A notice of arrival must be provided to the agriculture specialist that includes the name and address of the consignee, as well as the type, quantity and origin of all fruits and vegetables in the consignment, said CBP Miami.
Just because a pointy rod appears to be a drill bit doesn’t mean it should be classified as one, said CBP in a ruling issued in May that overturned the port’s classification of “high speed steel drill blanks” imported by MC Tubular Products. CBP Minneapolis had originally classified the pointed steel rods intended for making drill bits as finished drill bits under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 8207. But noting that the point of the rod is only a chamfer that is completely ground off before the drill bit’s actual point is applied, CBP ruled that the steel rods are not “blanks” classifiable in their intended final form as drill bits, but are instead bars and rods of high speed steel classifiable in heading 7228.