U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a final determination that the country of origin of certain digital projectors is Taiwan for purposes of U.S. government procurement. CBP concluded that the assembly and programming operations performed in Taiwan substantially transform the components of the projectors. The determination ran in the Federal Register June 12.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Port of Los Angeles office clarified the requirements of terminal operators for shipments placed on A-TCET/Contraband Enforcement Team (CET) hold. The clarification was released In a public bulletin numbered LA12-015.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Port of Los Angeles office issued reminders to the trade about CBP's Zero Tolerance Policy regarding "gateouts." (A "gateout" is defined as a container/cargo that has been targeted by CBP for terrorism or enforcement inspection that is released without authorization from CBP.)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection should make changes to language in a proposed rule that would amend CBP's regulations on importing merchandise bearing recorded trademarks or recorded trade names, said Static Control Components in comments filed at CBP. The company said the new wording is necessary to allow for the legal movement of products for "remanufacturers," which refurbish used products and continue to use the products' trademarks for to ensure compatibility, said Static.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's web site as of June 7 along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will hold two Webinars for carriers and software developers who haven't started the transition from AMS to eManifest: Rail and Sea (M1). CBP will shut down AMS on Sept. 29, leaving M1 as the only electronic filing environment.

Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was last updated June 7 with 116 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 171,534. The most recent ruling is dated 5/25/2012 12:00:00 AM

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's web site as of June 6 along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking additional comments on extending an existing information collection Certificate of Registration, which it plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CBP is proposing that this information collection be extended with a change to the burden hours or information being collected. CBP published the information collection for comment in March 28, and is now allowing for additional comments, until July 9.