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 February 23, 2012, along with the case number(s) 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 the following information on Remote Location Filing (RLF):

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a summary of changes for the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR). On February 3, 2012, the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers were added and deleted from Appendix V, which contains HTS numbers that cannot be reported in the Automated Export System (AES):

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reposted its 183 page Matrix of "Active" Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) User Requirements of the Trade Support Network, which are those that are pending CBP review. Most of these active user requirements cover ACE Accounts, Entry, and Multi-Modal Manifest (MMM), however there are also Export and Revenue user requirements, among others. CBP has also posted a 321 page Matrix of All (active and completed) ACE User Requirements of the TSN.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:

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 February 22, 2012, along with the case number(s) 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. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced that the IPR Center and the World Customs Organization recently concluded Operation Global Hoax II, a 43-country operation aimed at stemming the flow of illicit counterfeit and pirated products being delivered to consumers via international mail or by express courier services. During the two-month operation that began in November 2011, customs officials seized more than 30,000 parcels and more than 150,000 counterfeit or pirated items, including toys, pharmaceuticals, electronic goods, clothing, DVDs, watches, mobile phones and handbags, as well as other illicit goods such as cannabis seeds, anabolic steroids and amphetamines. During the U.S. operation, 21,871 items were seized with a total manufacturer's suggested retail price of $7,309,648.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that it is still accepting registrations for its March 6-8, 2012 seminar at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) meeting in Arlington, VA that will cover programming changes for existing and new functionality scheduled to be delivered as part of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). The seminar will target ocean and rail software developers and ABI software developers. Presentations will focus on: (i) Changes to CAMIR and X12 message formats required for the deployment of ACE Ocean and Rail Manifest, mandatory ABI changes required for this deployment, and the decommissioning of the ACS Ocean and Rail Manifest system; and (ii) Current and future ACE deployments including ACE Entry Summary Filing, Post Summary Corrections, PGA Message Set, Document Image System, Simplified Entry/Cargo Release, and Export Manifest. Registration is available at http://www.ncbfaa.org/.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking additional comments on extending an existing information collection concerning Declaration of Owner and Declaration of Consignee when Entry is made by an Agent (CBP Forms 3347 and 3347A), which it plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CBP is proposing that this information collection be extended with no change to the burden hours or information being collected. CBP published the information collection for comment in December 2011, and is now allowing for additional comments, until March 22, 2011 (from February 3, 2012).

In the February 15, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 8), CBP published two notices on its revocation of two rulings and treatment regarding the tariff classification of a sky ball catch set and frozen crème brulee.