U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that the calendar year 2010 in-quota (low duty) tariff rate quota quantity for tuna and skipjack (tuna), in airtight containers, not in oil, weighing with their contents not over 7 kilograms each, that is not the product of any U.S. insular possession, as described in HTS 1604.14.22 (6% duty) has been set at 16,618,716 kg.

1. COAC Bond Subcommittee Meeting Minutes

1. CBP Posts Exchange Rate Multipliers for Week Ending April 23

The Department of Homeland Security has published its spring 2010 semi-annual regulatory agenda for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

1. Updated Interest Rates for Additional Duties on Reconciliations

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that it will be hosting a series of webinars to help the trade community understand how to comply with the Importer Security and Additional Carrier Requirements (10+2) interim final rule. These webinars are primarily geared toward small and medium-sized importers who have limited familiarity with 10+2 regulations.

Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection discussed the agency’s plans for upcoming Automated Commercial Environment releases and other ACE-related issues at the April 2010 National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America annual conference.

1. FDA's OASIS Down on April 24

Minutes from the February 16, 2010, March 8, 2010, March 22, 2010, and March 29, 2010 meetings of the COAC Importer Security Filing Subcommittee have recently been posted to CBP’s Web site. During these meetings, the Subcommittee addressed a number of ISF-related issues, highlights of which include:

In the April 7, 2010 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 44, No. 15), CBP published notices that revoke certain rulings in order to correctly classify the products described below.