The CBP Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release pilot will be expanded to include ocean and rail modes of transportation, the agency said in a notice. The agency will seek new participants in the pilot program, which previously only applied to air transportation, and add three optional data elements for rail and sea entry filers, it said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 29, 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 Jan. 29 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 updated a notice to its website regarding its 2001 announcement that it would no longer be providing importers with free reports of entry summaries that have been flagged for reconciliation and would instead provide such reports on a fee-for-service basis only.
CBP posted updated spreadsheets showing active AD/CVD cases and the associated case numbers, ISO country codes, tariff numbers, and short descriptions of each case as of Oct. 1. Active antidumping cases are (here). Active countervailing cases are (here).
CBP issued its Jan. 29 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 4), which contains the following ruling actions:
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Jan. 27. 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.
Several ports in the Southeastern U.S. were reported closed by CBP Jan. 28 and 29 due to winter storm weather in the region. CBP will allow grant extensions for entry summaries and duty payments on the days the ports were closed, said CBP.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP will allow for an additional day for filing entry summaries that were due on Jan. 28 at the Port of New Orleans (Port Code 2002), CBP said in a CSMS message. The extra day was granted due to inclement weather, it said.