CBP posted a document to its website that provides side-by-side comparisons of the following 18 U.S. free trade agreements and preferential trade programs: NAFTA; Chile (CFTA); Singapore (SFTA); Australia (AFTA); Israel (ILFTA); Jordan (JFTA); Bahrain (BFTA); Morocco (MFTA); Oman (OFTA); Central America-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR); Peru (PTPA); Korea (UKFTA); Colombia (CTPA); Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA); Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA); Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA); Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA); and Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA).

CBP said the deployment to ACE Production on July 7 is rescheduled for July 14, due to power outages in the Washington-area.

CBP posted documents on changes to the Customs and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR), CBP said in CSMS message.

CBP issued a CSMS message announcing the issuance of Harmonized System Update 1207 on changes to the 2012 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). This update contains 1,432 ABI records and 302 harmonized tariff records. Changes required by Presidential Proclamation 8840, To Modify Duty Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences, and for Other Purposes, effective July 1, are included as well. This proclamation is (here).

CBP issued its July 5 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 28), which contains 8 notices of the following ruling actions:

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:

CBP said in a press release the National Geographic Channel’s TV show Border Wars will off a fourth season July 9. The reality show follows CBP personnel as they perform provide border security in the U.S.

CBP said it approved Inspectorate America Corp. of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, as a commercial gauger. It's approved to gauge petroleum, petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils for customs purposes, in accordance with the provisions of 19 CFR 151.13. It said the approval became effective September 13, 2011.

This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels from CBP’s June 11 “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly July 2, 2012 “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”¹

CBP recently posted a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Footwear." CBP said there were no substantive changes made to the revised version.