CBP posted a Dec. 26 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's Los Angeles field office chose Price Transfer as a Centralized Examination Station to be used for anti-terrorism contraband enforcement and outbound enforcement examinations, it said in a public bulletin. The agency also approved proposed fee schedule changes, it said.
CBP released its Dec. 26 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 51). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions and general notices.
CBP at Miami International Airport will no long send paper information bulletins, CBP said in an information bulletin. As of Jan. 31, all information bulletins will be sent over email, it said.
CBP seized about 128 pounds of cocaine found in a shipping container in Baltimore, the agency said. The commercial shipment of car parts came from Panama, said CBP. CBP inspected of the container using non-intrusive imaging technologies and found anomalies in the shipment, it said. CBP then found two gym bags with 50 bricks of cocaine, said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 23, 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. 23. 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 20, 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 Dec. 20. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.