U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the following news releases:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is advising the public of the availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for its support of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research and field release of two insects, the Arundo scale and the Arundo wasp as biological control agents for the non-native and invasive Carrizo cane in the continental U.S. Following independent analysis and review of the APHIS EAs, CBP has adopted the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service EAs regarding the Arundo wasp and Arundo scale. Based on this analysis and review, CBP has determined that the release of the Arundo wasp and Arundo scale in CBP-controlled areas will not have a significant effect on the environment, and thus has issued a FONSI.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the weekly foreign currency exchange rate multipliers for the week ending November 18, 2011.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site as of November 21, 2011, 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 issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on cheese and substitutes for cheese provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 23 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota for cheese and substitutes for cheese provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 16 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012. The below-listed countries or areas have the following low-duty access amounts:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on Swiss and Emmentaler cheese, with eye formation, provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 25 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on Swiss or Emmentaler cheese, other than with eye formation, provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 22 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012. The below-listed countries or areas have the following low-duty access amounts:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.

The Trade Support Network has issued its October 2011 Monthly Committee Report, which indicates that discussions are taking place on issues related to the automation of the export manifest in ACE, as well as using ACE Post Summary Correction (PSC) for drawback. The October report also notes that the implementation plan for ACE e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail (MI) has run into issues that must be resolved prior to opening the program for enrollment.