U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it will cancel a continuous bond where the liability was calculated pursuant to enhanced bonding requirements (EBR bond) upon its acceptance of a qualified superseding (replacement) bond application for all importers who were not litigants in any of the National Fisheries Institute, Inc. (NFI) v. CBP court cases at the Court of International Trade.

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the next Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) meeting is scheduled for Seattle Aug. 15.

The video for the May 10, 2012 West Coast Symposium is (here).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a spreadsheet showing active AD/CVD cases and the associated case numbers, ISO country codes, tariff numbers, and short descriptions of each case as of May 15, 2012 . This information alone should not be relied upon in determining whether an AD/CVD case is currently active, or whether merchandise falls under the scope of AD/CVD order, said CBP. For current AD/CVD information, consult ACE, Department of Commerce Federal Register Notices, and ADDCVD Search on CBP.gov, said CBP.

In the May 16, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 21), CBP published two notices on its modification of rulings and treatment regarding (i) impermissible manufacture in bonded warehouses and (ii) the origin and NAFTA eligibility of CoCo Peat as "used goods."

Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was last updated May 24, 2012 with 405 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 171,418. The most recent ruling is dated 5/22/2012 12:00:00 AM.

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it approved Inspectorate America Corp. of Sulfur, LA, 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 July 20, 2011.

The Department of Homeland Security updated its Private Sector Resources Catalog, originally created two years ago, which centralizes resources from the 23 different DHS Components into one location and categorizes them for easy access. DHS said the Catalog has information on the training, publications, guidance, alerts, newsletters, programs, and services available to the private sector from across the department.