CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP posted a July 31 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of July 30. This report 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.
CBP and the Treasury Department issued a correction to their recent notice on import restrictions on items from Cyprus, which amended CBP regulations to reflect the extension restrictions on importing archaeological objects from the country for five years. The correction, which ran in the Federal Register Aug. 1, corrects "inconsistent language to clarify that ecclesiastical and ritual ethnological materials from Cyprus representing the Byzantine and Post Byzantine periods, dating from approximately the 4th century A.D. to 1850 A.D., are subject to the import restrictions."
CBP officers from the Port of Detroit and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said they stopped three shipments of LED lighted trees after they were found to have undersized wiring and insufficient strain relief making them an electrical and flammability hazard. The total retail value of the trees was $9,800, said CBP. The container, originating from China and destined for Michigan, arrived into the U.S. from Canada by commercial train at the International Falls Port of Entry on June 1. Upon arrival in Detroit, the shipment was examined by CBP officers who then sent product samples to the CPSC for analysis, said CBP. A review of the samples by CPSC determined the products to be unsafe for the American consumer market, CBP said.
CBP said in a Federal Register notice Aug. 1 the following individual Customs broker licenses and any and all associated permits have been canceled due to the death of the broker:
CBP said in a Federal Register notice Aug. 1 that the following Customs broker licenses and all associated permits are canceled without prejudice:
CBP is significantly expanding the Document Image System (DIS) Automated Export Manifest pilot to additional participants and ports, the agency said in an ACE Trade Account Owner July update. The pilot, which is taking place at the Atlanta field office and includes the ports of Norfolk, Newport News, Wilmington, Beaufort, Morehead City, Georgetown, Charleston, Savannah and Brunswick, will be expanded to the rest of the country in three phases, said CBP.
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled July 30-Aug. 3:
House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) was diagnosed with a "highly treatable and curable type of non-Hodgkins lymphoma," he said July 28 in a press release. "My treatment will take place every three weeks over the next few months," he said. "It will consist of a series of chemotherapy sessions. In between treatments I will continue my work as a United States Representative for Michigan’s Fourth District and as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Thankfully my health is otherwise excellent and my doctors and I expect a full recovery and cure."