U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS Message #12-000005 announcing that the Detroit Client Reps are experiencing technical difficulties with their phones at this time. They can be contacted by the following e-mail addresses or alternate phone numbers until further notice:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS Message #12-000006 advising the trade that CBP is still investigating the ACE Portal slow response issue. CBP has contacted some trade users and had them back out Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 security patch KB2585542. This action returned these users to normal processing. CBP will provide an additional update upon completion of its investigation.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS Message #12-000004 advising that there may be an additional ACE outage beginning January 15, 2012 at 11:00PM EST and ending on January 16, 2012 at 5:00AM EST to deploy certain M1 (e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail) code. This outage is in addition to the regular scheduled ACE maintenance window.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has revised several documents posted on its website concerning the Industry Integration Centers for Pharmaceuticals and Electronics, in order to reflect their product scope. The center for Pharmaceuticals is now referred to as the Industry Integration Center for Pharmaceuticals, Health and Chemicals Center for Excellence and Expertise (CEE). The center for Electronics is now referred to as the Information Technology and Consumer Electronics CEE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection for Field Operations at the Port of New York/Newark has issued an Informational Pipeline providing updated information on the Centralized Exam Stations (CES) selected to perform examinations of seaport cargo. The Houston/Galveston Seaport has also provided an update notification on the CES locations servicing its port.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection for Field Operations in New York has issued an Informational Pipeline stating that, effective December 16, 2011, the JFK Entry Branch is responsible for processing all Refusal Notices issued by the Food and Drug Administration on entry summaries where the Harmonized Tariff Schedule number of the merchandise in question falls under the jurisdiction of a JFK Commodity Specialist Team (CST).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have issued the following news releases related to commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of January 12, 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.
On January 3, 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection updated its ACE ABI Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) for its Chapter on Entry Summary Create/Update in order to correct the Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF) de minimis value in Entry Summary Filing - Usage Note (o). CATAIR Change Record for 2012 is available here. Entry Summary Create/Update CATAIR Chapter is available here. Download all sections of the CATAIR here.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 TRQ for qualifying ethyl alcohol from Caribbean countries and Insular Possessions as provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter I opened on January 3, 2012.