U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Federal Register notice stating that the fourth quarter 2011 (October 1 - December 31, 2011) Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties are: 2% for overpayments by corporations; 3% for non-corporations; and 3% for underpayments. These rates are 1% lower than the corresponding rates in effect for the third quarter of 2011.

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued notices stating that it has re-accredited and/or re-approved the following companies as commercial gaugers and laboratories for petroleum and petroleum products, and to test petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals, and vegetable oils for customs purposes, in accordance with 19 CFR 151.12 and 151.13, on the listed effective date (see notice for the date of the next triennial inspection):

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued notices stating that it has accredited and approved the following companies as commercial gaugers and laboratories for petroleum and petroleum products, and to test petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals, and vegetable oils for customs purposes, in accordance with 19 CFR 151.12 and 151.13, on the listed effective date (see notice for the date of the next triennial inspection):

During the September 22-23, 2011 Trade Support Network plenary meeting in Arlington, VA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Director of Cargo Automation Coordination stated that e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail (M1) will be deployed in parallel with existing Automated Manifest System (AMS) processing. Additionally, new M1 User Screens will be deployed to three pilot ports within the next few weeks.

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 October 11, 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 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 CSMS Message (#11-000255) providing a Spanish version of the September-October 2011 Trade Account Owner (TAO) Update.