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CBP Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Graph Report and Threshold to Fill List as of Sept. 29
September 30, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Sept. 29. 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 Los Angeles/Long Beach Set to Increase ISF 'Enforcement Posture'
September 30, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP will "be increasing their enforcement posture" at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach for shipments without an Importer Security Filing (ISF) on Oct. 1, the agency said in a CSMS message. CBP will "continue to place manifest holds on all cargo (full container loads and consolidated loads) that does not have an ISF on file, 72 hours before vessel arrival at the LA/LB Seaport," it said. "CBP will manually monitor the existing holds to ensure the ISF information has been filed." After the ISF is submitted, CBP will decide if additional enforcement actions, including liquidated damages for repeat offenders, are needed, it said.

CBP Amends Regs to Include Santa Ana User Fee Airport Designation
September 25, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP issued a technical amendment to its regulations by revising the list of user fee airports to reflect the recent user fee airport designation of John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California. User fee airports are airports that do not qualify for designation as international or landing rights airports, but have been approved by CBP to receive, for a fee, the services of CBP officers for the processing of aircraft entering the U.S., and the passengers and cargo of those aircraft.

CBP Says Cubic Meters is Correct Unit of Measurement for Natural Gas Imports
September 25, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

Entry information for imported natural gas should include the volume, as measured in cubic meters, and not British thermal units, CBP's laboratories and scientific services directorate said in a Aug. 29 memorandum. The memo, which was released in a Sept. 25 CSMS message, was in response to a request for technical advice from the Center of Excellence and Expertise for gas.