CBP is proposing an extension of a previously approved information collection about CBP Form 19, Protest, which is used by an importer, filer, or any party at interest to petition CBP, or protest any action or charge made by the port director with respect to imported merchandise, it said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for Oct. 15. The information collection was previously approved by OMB (See ITT's Online Archives 12080730).
CBP is proposing to extend a previously-approved information collection about petroleum refinery sub-zones in Foreign Trade Zones, with no change to the burden hours. This document is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. The previous 60-day comment period was launched Aug. 8 (see ITT's Online Archives 12080731).
In the Oct. 10 issue of the CBP Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 42), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke three rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of insulated cooler bags.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Oct. 11, 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 a memorandum on saying the first tranche (period 1) for the fiscal year 2013 specialty sugar tariff rate quota opens Oct. 12, 2011, at 1 p.m. EDT, or its equivalent in other time zones.
CBP will host a Trade Fair to provide members of the trade community the opportunity to speak one on one with representatives of federal agencies involved with imports and exports, CBP said in a CSMS message. The event will be held Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) building located at 6500 Campus Circle Drive East, Irving TX 75063.
CBP Los Angeles scheduled another trade forum to discuss planned updates to CBP's and the Food and Drug Administration's refusal/redelivery process, it said in a public notice. Topics will include FDA exams and entry review, exports and destructions, the new CBP/FDA joint redelivery process, and CBP's refund and cancellation policy, said the notice. Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the public notice.
CBP posted documents on changes to the Customs and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR).
CBP is having trouble emailing export manifest filers because CBP's export manifest email address is being identified as spam, the agency said in a CSMS message. CBP said a trade partner recently turned on the ‘Out-Of-Office’ message for the address that submits export manifests to CBP, causing massive amount of emails to be bounced ‘back-and-forth’, likely resulting in the export_manifest@cbp.dhs.gov mailbox to be designated as a ‘spammer/invalid-sender’ on large email provider hosts on the internet.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 9 with 293 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 174,341. The most recent ruling is dated 10/02/2012.