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.)
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Nov. 25 with 291 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 179,776. The most recent ruling is dated 11/22/2013.
CBP will move processing of in-bond number requests in San Francisco to the East Bay Document Analysis Unit of Oakland, said CBP's Port of San Francisco field office in an information notice. In-bond processing was previously handled in the Customs House and Customs Cargo Building, it said. The move was effective Dec. 4.
CBP said its Harmonized System Update 1305 was created Dec. 3, containing 37,016 ABI records and 6,433 harmonized tariff records. The update contains modifications due to annual special program staged rate reductions. Adjustments required by the verification of the 2013 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) are also included, CBP said in a CSMS message. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 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.)
CBP and other federal agents intercepted a vessel Dec. 3 attempting to smuggle 10 bales of cocaine totaling 723 pounds (328 kilos), with an estimated value of $8.2 million, near Ponce, P.R., it said. Two men were arrested and a two-engine vessel was seized.
CBP updated its side-by-side comparison chart of non-textile basic customs information and citations on U.S. free trade agreements and selected preference programs, it said. The chart is (here). It said questions about the chart may be directed to the Trade Agreement Branch at fta@dhs.gov.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized 706 domain names set up to trick customers into buying counterfeit goods, said a Dec. 2 release (here). ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations unit worked with 10 foreign law enforcement agencies to do the roundup, the release said. The sites have been replaced with a banner informing visitors of the seizure and providing information on copyright infringement, the release said. The seizure banners have gotten over 122 million individual views since ICE began the counterfeit website seizure initiative three years ago, said ICE. In that timespan, 2,550 domain names have been seized, it said.
CBP released a list of copyrights, trademarks, and trade names that were recorded with CBP in October 2013. The most-recent previous notice was published in the Customs Bulletin Oct. 2. CBP said corrections or updates can be sent to Intellectual Property Rights Branch, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 90 K Street, NE., 10th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20229-1177. Further information: Delois Johnson, 202-325-0088.