CBP posted a Sept. 16 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.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 16. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
CBP released a list of the nine customs brokerages chosen to test CBP's broker importer security assessment (ISA) pre-certification program (see 13041623). The brokerages are:
The Port of Boston stopped printing paper copies of the bulletin notices of liquidation (CBP Form 4333), said CBP's Boston field office in a public information notice. Effective Sept. 9, the bulletin notices are available in an electronic format on a public access computer in the port's file room, the notice said. The CBP Seattle field office recently made a similar change (see 13060316) and CBP in general is in the process of making more bulletins electronically available (see 13050924).
Brokers and entry filers at the Port of Champlain have been wrongly filing informal entries for U.S. Goods Returned (USGR) that should be entered formally, according to a Sept. 16 notice sent out by the port’s CBP entry division. CBP Champlain told brokers and entry filers that they should take immediate action to ensure that they are in compliance with 19 CFR 143.21. Future violations could result in broker penalties under 19 USC 1641 for failure to exercise reasonable supervision and control, it said.
CBP released its Sept. 18 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 39). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent general notices and Court of International Trade decisions.
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Sept. 16. 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 is requesting comments by Nov. 18 for an existing information collection on forms for manifest and transportation entry for cargo moving under bond . CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 16 with 190 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 178,906. The most recent ruling is dated 09/13/2013.
The theme for the Oct. 24-25 East Coast Trade Symposium in Washington will be “Increasing Economic Competitiveness Through Global Partnership and Innovation,” said CBP in a notice. The event will be held at the Washington Hilton and will include discussions "regarding CBP’s role in international trade initiatives and partnerships," it said. Further information, including agenda and speakers, will be released later, it said. The agency will not be holding a West Coast Trade Symposium this year "due to sequestration," it said. CBP released the dates of the event last month (see 13083006).