CBP released its Nov. 13 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 45). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions and general notices, including CBP's adoption of a new classification standard for certain types of footwear (see 13111402).
CBP added "Simple Duty Calculation Validations" on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary on Nov. 13, the agency said in a CSMS message. The validations ensure "that an Entry Summary is not accepted in ACE if the importer's estimated duty does not conform to the rates and rules as specified in the [Harmonized Tariff Schedule]," it said. The CSMS message (here) lists the disposition codes and condition text will be used in the response messages from ACE.
CBP posted a table, dated Feb. 23, providing information on whether the Merchandise Processing Fee is paid, or exempt from payment, for goods entered under free trade agreements or trade preference programs.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 12, 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 Nov. 12. 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.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 8, 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 its draft agenda and 23 other documents for the upcoming Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) meeting on Nov. 15, which include the results of the 2013 trade efficiency survey, draft recommendations, and other documents on trade modernization, the global supply chain, trade enforcement and other topics. The draft agenda is (here). The trade survey (here) will be summarized in more detail in a future issue of ITT.
Scott Falk is now listed on CBP's website as chief counsel at the agency. Falk quietly took over in an acting role from Alfonso Robles in June (see 13061701). CBP didn't respond to a request for comment.
Some major questions on a requirement for proof of importer identity that should be obtained by customs brokers remain unresolved within a CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) subcommittee focused on the issue, it said. The issue of which importer bona fides should be required information for customs brokers is being considered as part of CBP's trade modernization efforts, which include an overhaul to the regulations for customs brokers in 19 CFR Part 111 (see 12062211). The COAC Role of the Broker Working Group started actively working on the bona fides issue in July, said a report from CBP released ahead of the Nov. 15 COAC meeting.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 7, 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.)