CBP corrected its Federal Register notice for the second phase of the Document Image System (DIS) pilot program (see 13072208) to include a better description of one of the forms included in the pilot. The description of Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Form 586 was corrected to say "Permit To Transit Plants and/or Plant Products, Plant Pests, and/or Associated Soil through the U.S." That form "serves as both the application for a permit, and once approved, the permit itself," said CBP.
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 Aug. 26, 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.)
Agents with the ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized counterfeit and pirated goods with a suggested retail value of $1.5 million from the Arecibo flea market in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Aug. 25. As part of the Operation Forged Dreams initiative, the seizure targeted 23 retailers and included 10,000 CDs, 50,000 DVDs, 565 watches, 368 video games, 220 pieces of jewelry, 1,161 sunglasses and 204 handbags, among other items. ICE reported that the goods infringed trademarks like Gucci, Michael Kors, Microsoft, Nintendo and Ray Ban. This was also the fifth seizure by HSI San Juan in the past 11 months under Operation Forged Dreams, which intends to “bring a multi-agency and industry united front” against the trade of counterfeit goods, ICE said.
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Aug. 26. 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.
The Trade Aged Liquidation ADCVD Entry Summary report (ESM-8027) will be inactivated until Oct. 5 due to security concerns, said CBP in a CSMS message.
CBP said its Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1304 was created Aug. 26, containing 4,478 ABI records and 24,686 harmonized tariff records. The update contains modifications made as a result of the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (see 13070115). 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 Aug. 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 again set the interest rate at 3 percent for when a reconciliation results in additional money owed to CBP, it said. It applies for the quarter ending Sept. 30.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 22, 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.)