In the November 16, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 47), CBP published a notice revoking the use of "average price" to value cut flower imported under consignment that are eligible for duty-free treatment under the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA). CBP states this method is the "fallback" method, the last of four possible methods to use, and is not the proper method for valuation purposes.

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on Italian-type cheeses provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 21 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 Edam and Gouda cheeses provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, will open on January 3, 2012.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a fact sheet on its Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC), a facility established in 2009 that serves as a multi-agency fusion center for targeting commercial shipments that pose a threat to health and safety. Agencies participating in CTAC include CBP, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), and the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Other appropriate Federal agencies may be added to CTAC in the future.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its monthly Automated Commercial Environment Updates for November 2011. While the update lists new statistics showing that the number of ACE trade user accounts and the size of revenue collections via Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) continue to grow, it also indicates that a number of due dates for ACE functionality have been pushed back to later dates or are no longer specified.

In the November 16, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 47), CBP published two notices that propose to modify one ruling and revoke two rulings and similar treatment regarding the classification of current detectors and thermal oxidizers.

In the November 16, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 47), CBP published a notice that proposes to modify a ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of the EZ tree bar.

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

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site as of November 16, 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.