CBP posted a press release on the recent expansion of its Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot program. The release (here) mirrors the Oct. 24 Federal Register notice. CBP also corrected a mistaken email address within that Federal Register notice. The corrected email address to submit comments about the ACAS pilot is cbpccs@cbp.dhs.gov. The Federal Register notice about the correction is (here).
CBP released its Oct. 24 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 44). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include Court of International Trade decisions.
CBP selected 11 cargo release/simplified entry pilot participants, the agency said. The new participants are: Alliance Customs Clearance Inc., Barthco International Inc. dba OHL International, CEVA Logistics, CSI Weiss-Rohlig USA Inc., Damco Customs Services, Inc., DHL Express, Inc. (USA), Future Forwarding Company, NEC Corporation of America, Scarbrough International, Ltd., Schenker, Inc., and UTC Overseas, Inc.
CBP canceled the Nov. 1 Webinar on "Follow-up on Q&A’s from previous webinars," according to the CBP schedule of Webinars. The agency didn't say why it was canceled or if it would be rescheduled. The Nov. 1 Webinar was scheduled to be the last of several, which are meant to facilitate discussion with the trade community on coming changes to broker regulations in 19 CFR Part 11.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Oct. 23, 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 U.S. and Canada began on Oct. 1 a pilot program to harmonize the screening process for maritime cargo between the two countries, CBP and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said. The pilot is part of the "Beyond the Border" initiative, a wide ranging effort to facilitate trade and travel between the U.S. and Canada. The pilot focuses on maritime cargo arriving at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, with subsequent movement via rail before entering the U.S. at International Falls, Minn.
CBP 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 CBP's website Oct. 19, 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 posted an Oct. 22 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Oct. 22. 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.