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CBP Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Graph Report and Threshold to Fill List as of Nov. 10
November 12, 2014 |Customs

CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Nov. 10. 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 Working Toward Process for ITC Exclusion Order Rulings
November 12, 2014 |Customs

CBP is drafting a rulemaking proposal that will create a process to request rulings from the agency on its interpretations of International Trade Commission exclusion orders, said King & Spalding's international trade practice (here). CBP officials from the agency's Intellectual Property Rights branch described the proposal during a presentation with the ITC Trial Lawyers Association, the law firm said. The agency officials said "CBP is moving towards an inter partes procedure under Part 177 of CBP’s regulations that would allow interested parties to seek rulings on interpretations of ITC exclusion orders, including redesigns or modifications to otherwise covered articles," King & Spalding said. Currently, the process is ex parte, allowing for only parties to an ITC section 337 investigation to take part, the firm said.

CBP Seattle Announces CES Selection
November 7, 2014 |Customs

CBP's Seattle field office chose Mercer Distribution Services as a Centralized Examination Station, it said in a trade information notice. The agency also provided a fee schedule for the CES, it said. The CES operators within the Port of Seattle will accept entries (Form 3461 or its equivalent) showing either Port Code 3001 or 3002 for release or examination, the field office said in a separate notice. "The intent of this is to lessen administrative burdens and to streamline the cargo release process," it said. "This will stop the need to create duplicate entries to correct the Port of Entry Code."

CBP Outlines Application Schedule, Criteria Donation Program
November 7, 2014 |Customs

CBP will accept proposals for the Section 559 Donation Acceptance Program until a strict deadline on Dec. 23 at 5:00 p.m., two CBP officials and a General Services Administration official said during a briefing on Nov. 5. CBP began accepting applications last month (see 1410210015). The program is designed to help the two agencies in boosting infrastructure development at land ports across the country, particularly at a time when CBP hiring has flat-lined and the agency is struggling with insufficient funding, the officials said.