CBP said the following customs broker license, as well as all associated permits, is revoked by operation of law:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 5, 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 officers found packages of marijuana hidden in a tractor-trailer carrying a shipment of liquid fabric softener at the Otay Mesa cargo facility on July 30, CBP reported. Officers offloaded several pallets of merchandise and found 124 packages of marijuana, valued at over $940,000, inside the boxes. CBP officers arrested the driver, a 43-year-old male Mexican citizen. They also seized the marijuana and tractor-trailer, CBP said.
CBP posted a Aug. 5 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 issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Aug. 5. 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 announced Aug. 2 that it had made preliminary selections for five new partnerships towards expanded services at domestic ports of entry. The 2013 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act allows CBP “to create a reimbursable fee agreement program to increase CBP’s ability to provide new or enhanced services on a reimbursable basis by creating partnerships with five entities,” the agency said. CBP’s selected entities for the partnerships include El Paso, Texas; the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; South Texas Assets Consortium; Houston Airport System; and Miami-Dade County.
The CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) released a set of recommendations for CBP as the agency develops proposed rules for Air Cargo Advanced Screening (ACAS) (see 13072425). The COAC is scheduled to meet on Aug. 7. The ACAS recommendations and CBP responses include:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 2, 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 CBP system that transmits bill matches for Importer Security Filing (ISF) submissions was disrupted on July 22, and bill matches did not appropriately transmit to trade participants, CBP said. The service was restarted on July 25, but CBP later determined that multiple ISF submissions in the queue during the disruption continued to experience problems and did not receive bill matches. These subsequent issues were resolved and the backlog has been caught up as of Aug. 1, CBP said. Those who filed an ISF and should have received a bill match should contact their assigned Client Representative.
In the July 31 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 32), CBP published two notices of revocation of rulings and treatment regarding wetted aluminum powder and MP3 player docking stations with built-in radios.