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.

1. Updated e-Manifest: Truck Web-based Training

1. CBP Commissioner Testifies on Combating SW Border Violence

1. CBP Updates its ACE Programming Issues Report

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) will meet on May 11, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.