All new bonded facility applications submitted to the Port of Seattle must include CBP Form 3078 (Application for Identification Card) to "allow for the gathering of the most up-to-date information," said CBP's Seattle Field Office in a trade information notice. Effective Dec. 2, each new application must include a Form 3078 for all facility officers, principals and individuals with access to facility recordkeeping, it said. CBP said in March it would begin to handle the background checks of bonded facility employees, using the Trusted Worker Module and Global Enrollment System for the vetting (see 13030411).
CBP released two reports related to the "Beyond the Border" initiative, a long-term plan meant to improve processing of trade and travel between Canada and the U.S. Both documents review and compare CBP's Importer Self-Assessment and Canada's Customs Self-Assessment programs.
CBP released its Dec. 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 49). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions and general notices.
CBP posted its fiscal year 2013 Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (also known as the "Byrd Amendment") annual report (here). Among other things, CBP lists $45.6 million in antidumping duties that are awaiting collection and then disbursement, which will occur in the year in which the monies are received.
CBP posted the Oct. 7, 2013, customs broker exam (here) and answer key (here).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 6, 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 issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Dec. 2. 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 posted an Dec. 4 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 will allow for an additional day for filing entry summaries that were due on Dec. 5 at the Port of Lubbock, Texas (Port Code 5503), CBP said in a CSMS message (here). The "snow day" was granted due to inclement weather, it said. The agency said in a separate CSMS message (here) that it would also grant a snow day for late entries due at the Port of Dallas/Fort Worth (Port Code 5501) on Dec. 6.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 4, 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.)