The U.S. and Canada, moving to the next phase of the Beyond the Border Action Plan initiative, are commissioning a third-party contractor to do an economic impact assessment of border fees. The result will be a joint report on border fees to be completed by spring 2014, CBP said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 27, 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 a recorded webinar and training documents that provide instructions on running ACE Reports and data extracts, it said. The content describes the navigational changes to the updated ACE Reports interface, deployed Nov. 2. It's available at the "How to Get Started Using ACE" page of CBP.gov/ACE. Click on "ACE Training and Reference Guides" and then on "ACE Reports." CBP said it's planning to record an additional webinar to highlight advanced capabilities available in the updated ACE Reports interface.
National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America plans a webinar on Intellectual Property Rights Import Protection, Compliance and Enforcement at 9 a.m. PST Dec. 11, it said. Presenters include John Clausen, IPR coordinator, CBP Center for Excellence and Expertise: Information Technology & Consumer Electronics, and George Tuttle of the George R. Tuttle law firm. Members price is $35, non-members $50.
CBP and Integration Point plan a free webcast on the One U.S. Government at the Border Trade Transformation Initiative at 2 p.m. Dec. 11, they said. Speakers include: Cynthia Whittenburg, executive director-Trade Policy and Programs, CBP Office of International Trade, and Susan Dyszel, chief-International Trade Data System, ACE, Business Office (ABO), CBP Office of International Trade. Register (here).
CBP will have the scheduled weekly outage of ACE Certification beginning at 6:30 a.m. EST Nov. 27, and continuing until 1 p.m. Nov. 29, it said. The system will be brought back up and made available once the deployment is complete, CBP said, and a message will be sent once Certification is back up. ACE Production will not be impacted.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 25, 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.)
The American Bar Association Customs Law Committee is among the sponsors of an EconomyInCrisis.org program on "Do We Need Fast Track/Trade Promotion Authority?" The event will be at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 9 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Admission is free. RSVP (here).
CBP's Cargo Clearance Center at PortMiami will be closed after 2 p.m. EST Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, and all day Christmas and New Year's, CBP said. It said perishable items arriving after 2 p.m. may be processed at the General Aviation Facility. Agriculture shipments after 2 p.m. can be cleared at the Agriculture Air Cargo Office. Further information: 305-869-2750.
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