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CBP Extends Relaxed Manifest Requirements Program for Canadian Trucks
November 21, 2016 |Customs

CBP will extend its pilot allowing for electronic submission and relaxed data requirements for truck shipments from and to Canada that transit the U.S. (see 1604260040), the agency said (here). The truck in-transit manifest pilot was scheduled to end Nov. 27. "Based on an assessment of the pilot and positive feedback from the participating carriers, CBP will extend the pilot for one year, starting November 28, 2016," it said. "The pilot, once extended, will not be open to additional participants at this time. The extension will commence no earlier than November 28, 2016 and will run for twelve months at the following ports: Port Huron, Michigan; Pembina, North Dakota; Blaine, Washington; Portal, North Dakota; Sweetgrass, Montana; and Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan."

New Role to Come for CBP Trade Adviser Boyce Due to Political Transition
November 18, 2016 |Customs

CBP Senior Trade Adviser Maria Luisa Boyce will need to exit the agency or join CBP as a career employee by January as a result of the coming change in presidential administration, a CBP spokeswoman said. Boyce is the sole political appointee specifically focused on trade, according to the most recent list of such appointees from 2012 (here). Boyce mentioned the coming shift briefly at the Nov. 17 Customs Commercial Operations Advisory Committee meeting but didn't say what her plans are.

COAC Urges Harmonization, Standardization of Data Elements in North American Single Window
November 18, 2016 by Brian Feito|Customs

The North American Single Window should rely on common, standardized data elements -- and as few of them as possible -- to achieve “effective risk management,” said the Customs Commercial Operations Advisory Committee in recommendations adopted at a Nov. 17 meeting in Washington. CBP should continue “detailed work” with its counterparts in Canada and Mexico to harmonize all data elements being required by all countries for the import and export manifests according to WCO standards, and should work with Canada and Mexico to allow a single filing to satisfy the requirements of multiple countries and government agencies in certain circumstances, the COAC said in its recommendations.

CBP Official Reiterates Agency Plans to Self-Initiate Forced Labor Investigations
November 18, 2016 by Brian Feito|Customs

CBP intends to self-initiate withhold release orders and, alongside Immigration and Customs Enforcement, investigations into imports produced by forced labor, CBP Deputy Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said during a Customs Commercial Operations Advisory Committee meeting on Nov. 17 in Washington. The COAC had adopted a recommendation at the meeting that CBP clarify its ability to “self-initiate allegations.” A representative from the advocacy group Human Rights First that participated in a COAC work group on the forced labor issue urged CBP to self-initiate forced labor investigations during the meeting and, noting that the recommendations that came out of the work group didn’t “represent consensus,” asked CBP to provide an opportunity for public comments. A representative from another advocacy group that participated in the COAC work group, Humanity United, also said she has concerns about the recommendations, including disagreement with one that said CBP should set a time limit on how long it has to respond to an importer’s proof of admissibility after issuing a withhold release order. CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske told the Senate Finance Committee in May that CBP plans to self-initiate forced labor investigations (see 1605110042).

Topics:Forced Labor
CBP ACE Dashboard Gives Real-Time Status Updates
November 18, 2016 |Customs

CBP will provide updates on the status of ACE in real time through a new "dashboard" site (here). The dashboard will "show the status for each ACE application server in real time; daily summaries over the preceding month; and averages for the past week, month and quarter," CBP said in a CSMS message (here).