A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Nov. 13, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for 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.)
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Nov. 13. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.
A new registration is required for CBP's recently rescheduled East Coast Trade Symposium, even for those who registered previously for the event, said a CBP spokesman. The symposium, now scheduled for Nov. 27-28, will be at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, rather than the Renaissance DC Downtown Hotel location.
In the Nov. 7 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 46), CBP published two notices of modification of rulings and treatment regarding the tariff classification of bearings and tumbled diamonds .
CBP issued a notice that it is has created a new web page for information on the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (PATPA), that is effective for goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption beginning Oct. 31, 2012. The web page currently has links to (i) CBP's implementation instructions and data elements, (ii) the text of the agreement on USTR's website, (iii) the 2012 HTS (Rev 1), with General Note 35, (iv) the ITC report containing the detailed Annexes, (v) the Presidential Proclamation (vi) the PATPA Implementation Act passed by Congress and signed into law by the President and (vii) sugar quota. CBP notes interim regulations will be posted when they become available.
CBP won't conduct a drawback compliance measurement for FY 2013 and instead "will be doing desk reviews," the CBP spokesman said. CBP performed a drawback compliance measurement test for FY 2012 following in response to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General annual financial statements audits that found drawback as a material weakness for CBP internal controls over financial reporting.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Nov. 9, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for 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.)
The Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will soon be using manifest hold functionality in the Cargo Release Entry System to accommodate ACE eManifest: Sea and Rail, said CBP in a CSMS message.
CBP said in a CSMS message Air AMS processing of split house shipment in-bond transfer detail was fixed to accept the unique in-bond control number received with transfer detail associated to subsequent split house part arrival flight identification.
In the Nov. 7 issue of the CBP Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 46), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of screwdrivers and valve cable supports.