CBP Boston updated destruction procedures for small air cargo shipments of perishable agricultural goods arriving at Boston Logan International Airport that were put on “Hold” by a CBP Agriculture Specialist, it said in a public information notice. Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of notice.
CBP sent out a CSMS message with new instructions for CBP Form 7501 (Entry Summary). The CSMS message provides a link (here) to what it says are new instructions and are dated July 24. As of press time, the link provided went to instructions dated June 8. Email documents@brokerpower.com for the modified instructions released Aug. 15 and dated July 24.
The Seattle port became the newest addition to the Simplified Entry (SE) pilot program, receiving its first SE on Aug. 14, CBP said Aug. 15. CBP recently announced its plans to expand the pilot to other ports and participants and to revise applicant criteria. CBP said the "expansion to the ports of San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles will follow soon thereafter. A subsequent expansion to the south and southeast, including Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston and Miami, will happen in mid-September, to be quickly followed by an expansion to the northeast including Newark, New York/JFK and Boston."
In the Aug. 15 issue of the CBP Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 34), CBP published a notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of goods under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 9801.00.25.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP will soon launch a pilot test of the Importer Self-Assessment Pre-Certification Program (ISAPC) that will allow CBP-certified customs brokers to screen and vet applicants to CBP’s ISA program, the agency said in a report on the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) Role of the Broker Subcommittee. The report was released ahead of the Aug. 15 COAC meeting in Seattle. According to CBP with ISAPC, eligible ISA applicants will be approved for the program in 90 to 120 days rather than 9 to 18 months. The CBP Role of the Broker report is (here).
CBP issued its Aug. 15 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 34), which contains 4 notices of the following ruling actions:
CBP Seattle sent out a trade information notice alerting the trade community of an update to CBP Form 7501 (Entry Summary) instructions. According to the notice, the update "will affect the reporting of companies subject to an antidumping and/or countervailing duty order and transportation charges originating from a North American Free Trade Agreement signatory country at Column(s) 29 (B) and 32 (B), respectively." Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the notice and/or the revised instructions.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Aug. 13. 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.