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.

CBP made some minor amendments to the Free Trade Agreements Certification of Origin and the Preference Criterion, it said in a Dec. 2 message to Automated Broker Interface and ACE Portal Accounts. They include:

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 29, 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 said there has been an increase in the number of ACE Reports problems that have been reported to CBP. It said when the problems are reported, there's inadequate information to the Helpdesk for the ACE Development Team to investigate, leading to delays in processing and resolution of the problems. As a result it said it would need additional information, including user contact details, primary account ID#, ACE Login ID, name/number of report and type, date and time report was last run successfully, date and time report was last run unsuccessfully, user ID that ran the report, specific parameters such as search criteria used in report search, detailed description issue, error message/code received, screenshot of error attached to ticket, browser type and version, Java version and operating system used. To open a CBP Technology Service Desk trouble ticket, it said users should call 1-866-530-4172 or send an email to ace.support@cbp.dhs.gov.

CBP posted a set of the current guidelines, updated in September, and a sample set of documentation for completing CBP Form 301 for continuous bonds in the Office of Administration, Revenue Division. The Bond Team said it prefers that the submissions be via email because they are clearer, quicker and can receive an automatic response. But it said it will also accept them via fax.