U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a new document entitled “Guidance on Entry Deletion and Entry or Entry Summary Cancellation” in order to provide uniform national procedures for requesting such actions in ACS and ACE, and for requesting entry substitutions for EIP/RLF and at land border ports. The Guidance includes a deletion/cancellation worksheet and also discusses liquidated damages.

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

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of September 19, 2011.

The Port Director at the Miami International Airport has issued a Public Information Bulletin (11-025) to notify all importers, air carriers, brokers, and interested parties that on Columbus day, October 10, 2011, the CBP Cargo Control Branch and the Agriculture Document Review section at the Cargo Clearance Center will only process in-bonds, perishables, and all agriculture related entries. Export Control will not be open for business to the trade. The hours of operation are 6:00 am - 2:00 pm. Perishable entries that require processing after 2:00 pm may be processed at the General Aviation Facility and shipments that require Agriculture Air Cargo section. Bulletin is available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS #11-000218 on updates to the CAMIR Implementation Guide that affect ocean manifests. According to CBP, the Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirement (CAMIR) Implementation Guide has been updated as of August 2011 for the following chapters and appendices: 1) Input to Customs, 2) Inbond and Vessel Departure/Arrival Message, and 3) Permit to Transfer and 4) Appendix H. CBP notes that the ANSI X12 Implementation Guide was not modified. CAMIR Implementation Guide available here.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced a pilot program at Port Everglades, Florida, that releases inspected cargo in real-time via smartphone technology. Enforcement Link to Mobile Operations -- Cargo (ELMOcargo) accesses cargo targeting data and permits field personnel to release the cargo in real-time, at the conclusion of the inspection, significantly decreasing the time an importer has to wait for cargo that has been cleared.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS# 11-000219 which contains guidelines intended to provide uniform national procedures for entry deletion and entry or entry summary cancellation in ACS, ACE and for EIP/RLF.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site as of September 20, 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.

CBP 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.