CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske met with Mexican Government officials and private industry during a visit to Mexico City, Mexico, where they talked about a number of issues involved in U.S.-Mexico trade, said CBP in a press release. The commissioner spoke with Mexican Customs Administrator General Alejandro Chacón Domínguez, among others, and discussed "current issues and future strategy, including strengthening the two countries’ bilateral partnership and continued support in furthering our mutual trade, travel, immigration and security objectives." The visit included a roundtable focused on trade. Private sector roundtable "participants lauded the United States’ and Mexico’s close coordination with private sector stakeholders and urged continued collaboration as both governments move forward to improve the procedures and mechanisms to improve cross border trade," said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 11, 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 April 10, 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.
LAS VEGAS -- CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske's past roles as police chief and the head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) provide him some important skills that will help in his role in overseeing international trade, he said while speaking at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America conference April 9. Kerlikowske looked to relieve concerns that his focus at CBP would be driven by his enforcement experience with less of an emphasis on facilitation. Kerlikowske, who admitted he's still working to become more familiar with trade issues, said he hopes to strengthen the agency's relationship with customs brokers and sees the industry as key partner to the government's mission on the border.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 9, 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 is announcing the calendar year 2014 tariff-rate quota for tuna in airtight containers. It said 15,833,343 kilograms of tuna in air-tight containers may be entered and withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the period Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2013, at the rate of 6% ad valorem under HTS subheading 1604.14.22. Any such tuna which is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the current calendar year in excess of this quota will be dutiable at the rate of 12.5% ad valorem under HTS subheading 1604.14.30.
The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) filed complaints against three CBP human resources employees alleging that they illegally conspired to hire candidates connected to then-CBP Commissioner Alan Bersin, the OSC said in an April 9 press release. The complaints were filed April 8 with the Merit System Protections Board, a governmental agency that has oversight duties over some federal employee issues. Bersin, now chief diplomatic officer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is not named in the complaints. The disciplinary actions are OSC’s first complaints against management officials for political discrimination in over 30 years, it said.
CBP should revise its regulations for customs brokers to expand the definition of "corporate compliance activity," the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) said in comments recently filed with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). RILA's comments, filed in response to a DHS request for public input on regulatory changes it should consider (see 14022621), focused on a wide range of CBP regulations that the association said deserve review. The retailers were one of only a few commenters that raised customs issues with DHS.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 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.
CBP released its April 9 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 14). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions.