CBP issued a memorandum saying the 2014 preliminary low-duty tariff rate quota limit for tuna and skipjack, in airtight containers, not in oil, in containers, weighing with their contents not over 7 kg each, is 16.2 million kilograms.

CBP stopped over $1 million worth of marijuana hidden in a shipment of farm equipment at the Pharr International Bridge in Pharr, Texas, said CBP. "The manifested farm equipment arrived on a commercial tractor/trailer, a red 2014 Kenworth pulling a flatbed trailer, which was referred to the commercial non-intrusive imaging system and subsequently for a secondary examination of shipment and conveyance," the agency said. "During the course of the secondary examination, officers discovered bulk, alleged marijuana packed into some cylindrical metal tubes that were part of the farm equipment."

CBP is requesting comments by Feb. 10 for an existing information collection on importation bond structure. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.

CBP is requesting comments by Feb. 10 for an existing information collection on requests for information. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 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 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.)

All federal government offices in Washington, D.C. are closed today, Dec. 10, due to inclement weather, said CBP in a CSMS message.

CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Dec. 9. 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.

CBP ruled on Dec. 4 that the U.S. is the country of origin of AvePoint’s DocAve Software for government procurement “buy American” purposes. The software, which is a suite of applications for Microsoft Sharepoint, is developed in the U.S. and China. Programming is broken up into modules that are mostly created in China. But the majority of development work and the “software build” (the combination of the modules into a finished, usable product) occurs in the United States. CBP said that software build is a substantial transformation because the previously unusable modules become an executable, installable program. Furthermore, 68% of the total hours of work spent creating the software were performed in the U.S., and only 32% in China.

CBP issued a Dec. 3 final determination that Malaysia is the country of origin for Arista Networks 7 series local area network Ethernet switches. The switches are designed to interconnect servers and storage appliances in data centers. They consist of one or more printed circuit board assembly, a chassis, top cover, power supply, and fans. The chassis and top cover are manufactured in China, and the circuit board is made in Malaysia.

CBP's New York Field Office will be among a number of federal agencies to take space in One World Trade Center in New York City, the General Services Administration (GSA) said in a press release. CBP will leave space it leased in Midtown Manhattan to join the GSA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on six floors in the building, said the GSA. The agencies are planning to move in late 2015 to floors 50 through 55, said GSA.