The Agricultural Marketing Service requested that CBP collect a raspberry fee for certain tariff numbers, said CBP in a CSMS message. CBP will use the class code of 057 to collect the raspberry fee, it said. The tariff numbers and associated fee rates are:
CBP added 14 airports to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release pilot program, the agency said in a CSMS notice listing the new airports. CBP recently said it was expanding the pilot program to include other modes of transportation beside air (see 14013112). The additional airports are:
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 24 with 84 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 180,805. The most recent ruling is dated 02/21/14.
A working group in the CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) will shift its focus to other intellectual property rights protection methods, including through trusted trader benefits, after recommending on Feb. 20 that the agency put the Distribution Chain Management (DCM) initiative on hold. The IPR working group will subsequently put more focus on a new tack, looking toward use of the Document Image System (DIS), trusted trader benefits and collaboration with the Centers of Excellence and Expertise (CEEs), said Karen Kenney, chief operating officer-Liberty International.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Feb. 21, 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.)
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Feb. 20, 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.)
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Feb. 19, 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.)
CBP posted a Feb. 18 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Feb. 18. This report 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.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 18. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.