CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP posted a Sept. 9 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 Sept. 9. 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 released its Sept. 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 38). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent general notices and Court of International Trade decisions.
CBP is requesting comments by Nov. 12 for an existing information collection on prior disclosures. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.
CBP made a change to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) reports Sept. 7, allowing customs brokers with an ACE Secure Data Portal account to access AM-100 liquidation reports, the agency said in a CSMS message. Previously, only the importers could access the report. CBP also issued a document outlining how to use the AM-100 report (here). The agency made the reports available to importers in 2011 (see 11092912).
Opponents of country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules were unable to demonstrate need for an injunction to prevent "irreparable injury" from alleged First Amendment violations, said U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Ketanji Jackson. Jackson denied the injunction request from several U.S. and Canadian meat associations that sought to stop the implementation of COOL rules. The suit was filed in July (see 13071015) after the Agriculture Department's Agriculture Marketing Service issued final regulations in May (see 13052317). The plaintiffs include the American Meat Institute, the American Association of Meat Processors, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association and the National Pork Producers Council.
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Rand Beers will be the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, succeeding Janet Napolitano, who stepped down Sept. 6, DHS said.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 6 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Sept. 10 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):