CBP has posted the fiscal year 2012 preliminary Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (commonly referred to as the Byrd Amendment) amounts available as of April 30, 2012, which provides information on the amounts available to disburse by case.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection's establishment of Centers for Excellence and Expertise will be beneficial beyond a single agency, industry or company, said CBP Acting Commissioner David Aguilar, speaking at the American Association of Exporters and Importers conference June 4. Such efforts mark the institutionalizing of a "new culture," he said. "We're building the future," he said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the simplified entry (SE) pilot, begun on May 29, was successful. The successful pilot marks the delivery of the first phase of Cargo Release, known as Simplified Entry, in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), said CBP.

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 1, 2012, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is hosting a Webinar on June 7th at 3:00 PM on updating the broker regulations (19 CFR Part 111). This is the first of several webinars slated for the summer of 2012 as part of CBP's Role of the Broker Initiative. CBP is seeking comment and input on all facets of the broker regulations from the widest possible audience, it said. Especially important is feedback from small- and medium-sized enterprises, said CBP.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a record of changes since May 7 to the ACE ABI CATAIR (Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements). The change log is (here). The full CATAIR is (here).

CBP posted updated versions of certain of its Excel workbooks containing historical information and fill rates for TRQs and TPLs. The updated versions are (here).

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

This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s May 29 “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly May 29, 2012 “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”¹