U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message informing U.S. importers that the Food and Drug Administration has issued guidance to CBP field offices for an immediate increase in surveillance sampling of papayas imported from Mexico, due to an elevated number of microbiological contamination violations, specifically salmonella violations. Importers of Mexican papayas should expect delays in FDA releases for Mexican papayas as CBP increases the rate at which entries are sampled by FDA for microbiological analysis. FDA's guidance also includes means to lessen the surveillance of shipments from growers with repeated non-violative analytical results. FDA will adjust CBP's surveillance guidance based on the results of this increased sampling. (CSMS #11-000174)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection states that Web-Based Training (WBT) for e-Manifest: Rail & Sea (M1) is now available. CBP's information on M1 is broken into six lessons, with the recommended audience listed as appropriate.
CBP has posted the U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter for July 28 - August 3, 2011. The Blotter provides information on Border Patrol activities during the specified week.
In the August 3, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 32), CBP published three notices on its revocation or modification of four rulings regarding the tariff classification of a woman's upper body garment and certain printed business cards, and the NAFTA eligibility of Mexican raw sugar refined in Canada.
CBP has issued the following news release:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. These messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
CBP has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor TRQs and TPLs that are approaching their restraint limit or have filled their in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections: those that are at least 85% filled and those that are filled.
In the July 27, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 31), CBP published four notices on its modification or revocation of six rulings regarding certain battery-operated paint rollers, vodka, Diasorin Dynabeads, and cryostat window made from synthetic diamond.
In the July 27, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 31), CBP published three notices on its revocation of four rulings regarding certain leather coach bags, threaded fasteners, and antibiotic drugs.