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Snow Days for Texas Ports of Brownsville, Pharr, and Progreso
June 30, 2010 by Cindy Arevalo|Customs and Ports

CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that due to the potential impact from tropical storm Alex, snow days have been granted for all filers in the Texas ports of Brownsville, Pharr, and Progreso for Thursday July 1, 2010 and Friday July 2, 2010. CBP is extending two additional days without penalty for the filing and payment of entry summaries due on these days only.

CBP Issues its Mid-Year FY 2010 Import Trade Trends Report
June 30, 2010 by Marie Rapport|Customs and Ports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has completed an analysis of import trade trends through the Mid-Year Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 including projections of trade activity through the end of FY 2010. This interim report acts as a precursor to the more extensive FY 2010 Final Report to be released later this year.

CBP Outlines ACE Entry Summary Business Process Changes
June 30, 2010 by Marie Rapport|Customs and Ports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a document (Version 2.2) which outlines entry summary processing in the Automated Commercial Environment. Processing entry summaries in ACE will change the system of record for these import related transactions from a paper-based system to a true electronic system of record keeping. A change of this significance requires revised operational policies and procedures and this document will address those changes. This document will be a living document as the different entry summary types and associated downstream processing migrate from the Automated Commercial System (ACS) to ACE.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Updated CF 1400, CF 1401 Reports
June 29, 2010 by Cindy Arevalo|Customs and Ports

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.

CBP's Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of June 28
June 29, 2010 by Cindy Arevalo|Customs and Ports

CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of June 28 2010. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs; etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics; etc.