CBP is extending the comment period to March 14 on an existing information collection for unlading permit applications. CBP proposes (here) to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or information collected.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 9 (here) with 56 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated 02/09/16.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
With the Automated Commercial Environment set to operate at full operational capacity, resulting in lower expected sustainment costs for ACE, the Department of Homeland Security is requesting $83.9 million to maintain ACE next fiscal year, $29.2 million less than DHS received for the program in fiscal 2016, according to the department’s fiscal 2016 budget request released Feb. 9 (here). “In FY 2017 ACE will be operating at full operational capacity with the Automated Commercial System (ACS) being decommissioned, thereby requiring less overall sustainment costs for the program,” DHS also asked for $118.1 million to maintain its Automated Targeting System for fiscal 2017, $3.8 million more than what was given for the preceding year.
CBP released its Feb. 10 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 6) (here). While it does not contain any rulings, it does include recent CBP notices and court decisions.
CBP will begin accepting applications on Feb. 10 from customs brokers and self-filing importers that want to participate in a pilot to test electronic filing of Toxic Substances Control Act certifications required by the Environmental Protection Agency, it said (here). Participants in the pilot, which will be in operation for all commodities at all ports, will file TSCA certifications via EPA’s partner government agency (PGA) message set in the Automated Commercial Environment, said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Feb. 8, 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 Feb. 5, 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:
A year-long collaboration between CBP and ICE Homeland Security Investigations and other law enforcement resulted in seizures of some 450,000 fake professional sports items, said ICE in a press release (here). The effort, called Operation Team Player, is "an ongoing effort developed by the HSI-led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) to crackdown on the illegal importation of counterfeit sports apparel and merchandise,", said ICE. During the week before the Super Bowl, the operation worked with local law enforcement to identify flea markets, retailers and street vendors selling counterfeits, it said. There's been 41 criminal arrests and 35 convictions so far, the agency said. CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske also described some of the agency's other efforts surrounding the Super Bowl. "Our officers use several large scale non-intrusive inspection technology systems to examine commercial items destined to Super Bowl events," he said (here). "This equipment is used daily as part of our operations at land ports, seaports and airports nationwide to keep illegal items out of the country."