In the July 5, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 28), CBP published a notice that proposes to revoke a ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of over current detectors.
House Democrats renewed efforts on their “Make it in America” agenda July 9, urging passage for several bills hoped to add U.S. manufacturing jobs. Several of the bills named in a press release from House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) as part of the agenda are trade related.
Former Pillsbury Winthrop lawyer Thomas deButts joined DLA Piper's International Trade and Regulatory and Government Affairs Practices. Before working at Pillsbury, deButts worked as Export Administration Specialist in the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled from July 9-13:
President Barack Obama signed HR-4348, which extends funding for surface transportation programs for two years, during a July 6 ceremony with construction workers, the White House said in a press release. The legislation includes some new financial requirements for domestic transport brokers but largely exempts brokers dealing with international trade.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP said several Importer Security Filing (ISF) messages submitted on June 29 were accepted and returned without a transaction number. CBP processed those submissions again July 6 in order to generate a transaction number back to the filer, it said in a CSMS message.
CBP said most ABI transactions submitted to the ACE Certification environment since the June 29 ACE Certification deployment are not processing. The exception is ABI in-bond transactions (Application identifiers QP and WP) which have been processing as expected, said CBP. The issue has not impacted ACE Production CBP is currently working on a fix but it will not be ready to deploy until early next week, it said in a July 6 CSMS message. As soon as the deployment date and time for the fix is established, a CSMS message will be issued, said CBP.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 5 with 97 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 171,929. The most recent ruling is dated 6/29/2012 12:00:00 AM.
In the July 5, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 28), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke two rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of one ounce plastic cups and LED task light kits.