CBP issued a notice regarding the dates and draft agenda for the 56th Session of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System Committee (HSC), which will meet in Brussels from March 7-18, in the Jan. 27 issue of the Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 4) (here).
CBP released the Jan. 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 4), which contains the following ruling actions (here):
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
In the Jan. 20 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, Nos. 2 and 3) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for clutch master cylinders and clutch slave cylinders, and parts of front differential and rear differential assemblies for motor vehicles.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 25, 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:
Jan. 20 CBP Bulletin Proposes to Revoke Rulings on Aluminum Composite Sheets, Metal Restocking Carts
In the Jan. 20 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, Nos. 2 and 3) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for aluminum composite sheets and metal restocking carts.
Alternative funding mechanisms allow CBP to keep up with staffing and modernization needs while federal funding increases lag behind, said CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske in a blog post (here). He pointed to two programs, the Donations Acceptance Program and the Reimbursable Services Program, as two important methods allowed by Congress that can add to CBP's abilities. During the first two years of operation, RSP resulted in "an additional 125,000 hours of services accounting for the processing of more than 3 million travelers and nearly 460,000 personal and commercial vehicles at the participating ports of entry," Kerlikowske said. CBP will begin taking new applications for RSP on Feb. 1, he said.
The customs broker’s license examination scheduled for April 2016 will be on Monday, April 4, said CBP in a notice (here). The exam will consist of 80 multiple-choice questions. Exam topics usually include: Entry; Classification; Trade Agreements; Valuation; Broker Compliance; Power of Attorney; Marking; Drawback; Bonds; Foreign Trade Zones; Warehouse Entries; Intellectual Property Rights; and other subjects pertinent to a broker's duties.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 25, 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.