The Foreign Trade Zones Board is issuing the following notices for March 30:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the April 2012 Change Log for the Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR) and 309 Customs Manifest.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will be observing the Cesar Chavez holiday and all berths at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will be closed on April 2, 2012. CBP offices will be open. CBP later clarified that there will be terminals open in the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex on April 2. Interested parties should contact the individual terminal to determine if cargo operations will take place at that terminal on April 2.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of March 28, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.

The following Port of Export code has been ADDED to the Automated Export System:

Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was last updated March 26, 2012 8:11:46 PM with 201 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 171152. The most recent ruling is dated March 26, 2012 12:00:00 AM.

This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s March 26, 2012 “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly March 26, 2012 “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”¹

The September 29, 2012, cutoff date for use of Automated Manifest System/Automated Commercial System (AMS/ACS) will affect non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs), terminal operators, port authorities and other entities that receive secondary party notifications in addition to master vessel operator common carriers (MVOCCs). As of Sept. 29, 2012, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) will be the only acceptable electronic data interchange (EDI).

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the release of the Los Angeles Regional Export Plan and new funding for programs to boost exports through the use of the Los Angeles Regional Export Council (LARExC), initiatives he said will help double exports by 2015. Launched last October, LARExC aims to streamline export services in the LA region and help companies find the services they need to grow their businesses and create new jobs. Speaking at a Brookings Institution and JPMorgan Chase Global Cities Initiative (GCI) forum, he said Los Angeles was chosen as the first city for GCI because of its business base, infrastructure, global connections and the creation of LARExC. With $79.82 billion worth of exports in 2010, the Los Angeles region is the nation’s largest metropolitan export market, he said. The region’s export sector directly supports over 312,000 jobs and indirectly supports another 227,000.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of March 27, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.