In the June 8, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 24), CBP published a notice on its modification of two rulings on the 9802 duty exemptions available to certain men's screen printed shirts (full exemption) and girl's screen printed pullovers (partial exemption).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued notices stating that it has accredited and approved the following company as a commercial gauger and laboratory for petroleum and petroleum products, and to test petroleum and petroleum products for customs purposes, in accordance with 19 CFR 151.12 and 151.13, on the effective date listed (see notice for date of next triennial inspection):
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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted revised version of its ACE e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail (M1) guidelines. According to a CSMS message, the changes made are minor and include further clarification to some text contained within a few data elements, as well as updates to the Appendices.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the FedEx Indianapolis express consignment hub have experienced a dramatic increase in the amount of drug paraphernalia seizures, with 99,253 interceptions from international shipments within the current fiscal year. CBP officers working at this facility use a number of strategies and tools especially designed for use in the express consignment environment to combat all types of global contraband.
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that effective June 20, 2011, the CBP Vessel Repair Unit will relocate its office from 1515 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA 70122 back to the Customhouse at 423 Canal St., Room 246, New Orleans, LA 70130. All current phone numbers for staff individuals as well as for the fax machine will remain unchanged.
In the June 8, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 24), CBP published a notice that proposes to modify a ruling regarding the classification and country of origin marking of certain printed business cards.
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.
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of June 20, 2011. 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.