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 17, 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.
This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”1
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 183 page list of all active Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) User Requirements of the Trade Support Network 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 300+ page list of all active (pending CBP review) and completed ACE user requirements of the TSN, called the User Requirement Tracking Matrix (URTM) here. The 183 page list no longer appears to be on CBP's website, but is available by emailing documents@brokerpower.com
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a user guide on Receiving and Responding to CBP Forms 28 (Request for Information), 29 (Notice of Action), and 4647 (Notice to Mark/Notice to Re-Deliver) in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Secure Data Portal. According to CBP, ACE accounts electing to receive copies of these forms through the ACE Portal are not required to respond through the ACE Portal. Responses may be submitted to CBP through the ACE Portal or submitted to CBP at the port of entry where the entry summary is filed. ACE User guide available here.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted five user guides dated February 2012 on merging Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) accounts, cross account access, managing user access, the business activity log, and initial account access.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted February 2012 user guides for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) on antidumping and countervailing duty cases and messages, blanket declaration records (e.g. importer certifying statement, NAFTA certificate of origin), and entry banks for BRASS, FAST, and Rail Line Release.
In the February 15, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 8), CBP published a notice that proposes to revoke a ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of certain handwoven saddle blankets as CBP now finds its size restriction on such times is incorrect.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a February 2012 user guide on Post Summary Corrections (PSC) of entry summaries in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Importer-authorized ACE entry summary filers can submit a PSC for an existing ACE entry summary type 01 and 03 entry summary, which replaces the existing summary with a new version that will be processed through existing validations, including Census warnings. If a PSC is filed by someone other than the original filer, the original filer will not get a courtesy notice of liquidation via ABI (unless the filing occurs under NILS). Only the original entry filer or most recent PSC filer will be able to view the specific entry summary that was corrected. However, output records are split into "semi-private" (limited information, not the current owner) and "private/owner" information. Note that the filing of PSCs is considered 'customs business.' Post-Summary Corrections User Guide is available here.
On February 15, 2012, the Port of Long Beach announced that its container trade volume dropped 3.9 percent overall in January 2012 compared to the same period last year. Imports were down 5.5 percent and exports dipped 8.2 percent. Import volumes at the Port typically pick up leading up to the Chinese New Year (which was on January 23), as U.S. retailers stock up their shelves in anticipation of the holidays in Asia when most factories close down for a week or more. Conversely, exports of raw materials to China slow down. According to the Port, the decline in imports reflects caution in the retail sector.