CBP will add "Protest Filer Account" testing to its ACE Portal pilot, the agency said in a notice (here). "The owner of an ACE Protest Filer Account will have the ability to create and maintain through the ACE Portal information regarding the name, address, and contact information for the corporate and individual account owner for the Protest Filer Account," CBP said. "Protest filers will use the existing account structure established for other accounts within the ACE Portal." CBP will later test electronic protest submissions through the ACE Protest Module from Protest Filer Accounts, CBP said. "Parties authorized to file a protest include importers or consignees for an entry, or their sureties; persons paying any charge or exaction; persons seeking entry or delivery; persons filing a claim for drawback; exporters or producers of the merchandise subject to a determination of origin under section 202 of the NAFTA Implementation Act, if the exporter or producer completed and signed a NAFTA Certificate of Origin covering the merchandise; or the authorized agent of any of these persons," CBP said. "When a protest is filed by a person acting as an agent for the principal that agent must have a power of attorney that grants authority to the agent to make, sign and file a protest on behalf of the protesting party." CBP recently announced the end to electronic protests through the Automated Commercial System (see 1607270015). Electronic filing will require use of ACE starting Aug. 27, CBP said last month (see 1607070032).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 3, 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.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 2, 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:
CBP released its Aug. 3 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 31) (here). While it does not contain any rulings, it does include recent CBP notices and Court of International Trade opinions. CBP issued a notice on its receipt of a "Lever-Rule" protection application from Abbott Laboratories for "blood glucose testing strips" products with Abbott trademarks “FREESTYLE,” “FREESTYLE LITE,” or “DESIGN ONLY (BUTTERFLY DESIGN).” Abbott would like CBP to stop importation of the company's testing strips intended for sale in countries outside the U.S., known as gray market products. CBP will grant such protection, which is known as Lever-Rule protection, if it finds the parts are physically and materially different from the products intended for sale in the U.S.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 1, 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:
The coming ACE protest module mentioned in a recent Federal Register notice (see 1607270015) will only be available through the ACE portal, CBP said in a CSMS message (here). Another Federal Register notice is coming that will detail how to create an ACE portal protest account, CBP said.
CBP updated its Customs Valuation Encyclopedia, an informed compliance publication, to include customs rulings through 2015 (here). The document, which was previously updated in 2010, includes snippets of rulings on a wide range of valuation issues. "The decisions in this summary are organized by subject and by date of issuance of the decision," CBP said. "In order to reduce the volume of the 2015 edition, excerpts have only been placed in the subject categories where they are most applicable and exact duplicate entries in various categories have been deleted, noting only a citation and location of the full excerpt." Newly added language in the document is colored red.