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.)
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.