CBP Boston will hold a "Trade Day" event on May 7 from 9 a.m. to noon, said CBP in a CSMS message. There will be breakout sessions featuring Food and Drug Administration and Fish and Wildlife Services officials, said CBP. Another session will include information from CBP Import Specialists on antidumping and countervailing duties and electronic invoicing and marking, said CBP. The event will be held in the Thomas P. O’Neill Federal Building located at 10 Causeway Street in Boston. Registration is (here).

CBP released its March 5 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 9). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions and general notices.

Importers and customs brokers should be aware of intrusive software increasingly used to attack and disrupt computer systems, CBP warned in a Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) alert. Those "responsible for the clearance of goods through CBP using importers’ information in the entry process, should also be aware of corporate information theft," the alert said. "Unsuspecting U.S. Customs Brokers may have their computer systems compromised with the introduction of malware."

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 3, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)

Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 26. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.

There have been "numerous [Importer Security Filing] rejections due to an importer number not on file when in fact the importer number is valid and on file with CBP," the agency said in a CSMS message. CBP is aware of the problem and "while this issue is worked on, the trade is advised to transmit normally but do not submit a second filing in order to attempt to force an acceptance," it said. The agency will send out another message once the problem is resolved. CBP recently said it was seeing ISF processing delays, a problem that has since been fixed (see 14022833).

CBP will restart its policy of finding a continuous bond insufficient if the agency gets back mail sent to the bond principal, said Roanoke Trade in an alert. The agency told the Customs Executive Surety Committee "that they will re-instate their returned mail process" and that "CBP’s bond team will render continuous bonds insufficient when CBP receives returned mail from the bond principal," the alert said. CBP will flag bonds insufficient on Tuesdays, starting with April 8 and Roanoke Trade, "through its surety account ACE portal, will monitor our customers’ continuous bonds and will work with those customers affected by this process," the surety said. "Bonds rendered insufficient for returned mail can be re-instated by submitting a bond rider and CBP Form 5106 to CBP’s bond team using the subject line, “RIDER IR#”. If only the mailing address is being changed, CBP will accept a CBP Form 5106 only."

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Feb. 28, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)

The Port of Baltimore is closed March 3 due to a snowstorm in the region, said CBP in a CSMS message (here). Duties and entry summaries due March 3 at the Port of Baltimore (Port Code 1303) and Baltimore-Washington Airport (Port Code 1305) will be given an additional day without penalty. The Ports of Richmond, Va. (Port Code 1404) and Charleston W. Va. (Port Code 1409) are also closed, said CBP (here).

World Customs Organization Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya recently made the rounds in Washington to discuss customs issues among U.S. trade leaders, the WCO said in a press release. Meetings included Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, CBP Acting Commissioner Thomas Winkowski, CBP Commissioner nominee Gil Kerlikowske and staff from the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees, said the WCO. "The Secretary General also held discussions with the Pharmaceutical Industry (PhRMA) on issues affecting the industry and in particular issues surrounding Intellectual Property Rights," said the press release.