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CBP Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Graph Report and Threshold to Fill List as of Feb. 1
February 2, 2016 |Customs

CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Feb. 1. This report (here) includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.

CBP Taking Applications for Reimbursable Services Program
February 2, 2016 |Customs

CBP is now accepting applications for its reimbursable services program, the agency said (here). The program allows CBP to provide new or enhanced services, including customs and agricultural processing, on a reimbursable basis. The deadline for application is Feb. 29.

CBP Considering Ways to Bring Paper-Based USVI Ports into ACE
February 2, 2016 |Customs

CBP is assessing its options for incorporating the "U.S. Virgin Islands into the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to expedite the importation process," the agency said in a press release (here). Stephen Hilsen, lead executive for the Single Window initiative at CBP, recently visited USVI "to gather information about the current cargo clearance process," in which all custom entries are made by Customs Business Service companies and/or importers in person, the agency said. "The current process lacks electronic communication from the filers to CBP, hence, a heavy paper environment is created in all USVI ports of entry," said CBP. Federal statutes require CBP to collect customs duties on behalf of the USVI, which operates under the Danish Public Law 64, a law that has been in effect since Denmark sold the islands to the U.S. in 1917, said CBP.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)