CBP released its Nov. 16 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 46) (here). While it does not contain any rulings, it does include recent CBP notices and Court of International Trade opinions.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 15, 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://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Nov. 15 (here) with 58 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated Nov. 10.
In the Nov. 9 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 45) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for the classification of water dispensers and plush figures
CBP will hold its ACE status conference calls on a weekly basis, rather than daily, as a result of fewer incoming questions, the agency said in a CSMS message (here). As of Nov. 22, the calls will start at 2 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesdays, it said. CBP may make future changes to the frequency of the calls, as needed, it said. Email AskACE@cbp.dhs.gov to request information about the calls.
MIAMI -- CBP and the Customs Commercial Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) are ramping up efforts to improve the customs ruling process so importers can get quicker responses from CBP headquarters, said Brenda Smith, CBP executive assistant commissioner for trade, and Lenny Feldman of Sandler Travis, who co-chairs COAC’s trade modernization subcommittee. The COAC will announce a “public-private partnership” at its Nov. 17 meeting in Washington to build on its existing efforts to modernize the rulings process, Feldman said, speaking at the Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Conference of the Americas on Nov. 15.
MIAMI -- Any increased focus on business priorities under the upcoming Trump administration won’t be anything new and different for CBP, said Brenda Smith, CBP’s executive assistant commissioner for trade, at the Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Conference of the Americas on Nov. 15. The “significant change” in administrations coming this January will mean CBP will have a “new set of folks to work with” and a “new set of policy goals,” after having gotten used to the people and policy goals of the Obama administration, Smith said. Nonetheless, the new administration will likely recognize the importance of trade, given that trade was “one of the critical issues” of Trump’s campaign, she said. While Trump may bring a different perspective on the relationship between government and business, CBP is comfortable taking advice from the private sector on how government needs to interact with business to work toward a more competitive economy, Smith said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 14, 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://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Foreign-Trade Zone operators could face problems as a result of CBP's proposed regulatory changes to allow for an electronic alternative to the Notice of Arrival that's required for some imports of pesticides and devices regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (see 1609290029), the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones said in comments to CBP (here). The problem is that FTZ entries are usually either Type 06 individual (or regular) or Type 06 weekly estimated entry types, it said. "It appears EPA may intend to require [Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)] NOA information at the time of cargo release in ACE – i.e., on entry," the NAFTZ said. "This point of transmission is too late in the importation process for FTZ filers."