U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on blue-mold cheese provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012. The below listed countries 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 American-type cheese, including Colby, provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 19 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, will open on January 3, 2012.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor TRQs and TPLs that are approaching their restraint limit or have filled their in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections: those that are at least 85% filled and those that are filled.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of November 14, 2011.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS message #11-000284 stating that due to unforeseen circumstances in procuring a venue for the Trade Software Technical Seminars that were scheduled for November and December 2011, CBP is now postponing the seminars until January 2012. Additional information will be forthcoming when available.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that as a result of the change in the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF), several ACE CATAIR documents have been updated. The following updated documents are now available on CBP's website:

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its Public Automated Commercial System FIRMS (Facilities Information and Resources Management Systems) report that is organized by port code and alphabetically by company name.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) - an electronic query report for CF 1400 of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP has also posted an updated CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) - an electronic query report for CF 1401 of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota for ice cream provided for in Chapter 21, Additional U.S. Note 5 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012.