CBP created Harmonized System Update 2517 on April 29, containing 254 Automated Broker Interface records and 58 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2517 includes the Section 232 auto parts updates: HTS 9903.94.05 and 9903.94.06, as well as partner government agency (PGA) updates. Additional information on the Section 232 Auto Parts Updates can be found here.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is threatening to restrict animal imports originating or transiting Mexico starting on April 30 if the country doesn't follow through with plans to work with the U.S. government to eradicate the New World screwworm, a pest that can infest livestock, according to an April 26 letter published on USDA's website.
Starting April 23, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow the importation of fresh rhizomes of wasabi (Eutrema japonicum) from Indonesia, it said in a notice.
CBP and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) are planning to expand the Risk-Based Sampling at Ports of Entry (RBS POE) program to include new varieties of lettuce arriving at select U.S. ports of entry starting the week of March 31, according to a cargo systems message.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP announced the results of recent global interoperability standards technology demonstrations, saying that the results will help the agency in its efforts to modernize ACE 2.0 and make it consistent with CBP's 21st Century Customs Framework.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said over the weekend that it is now allowing cattle and bison imports from Mexico after the agency halted imports in November 2024 when it detected the presence of new world screwworm (NWS) in southern Mexico.
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2504 on Jan. 24, containing four Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and one Harmonized Tariff Schedule record. In support of the Participating Government Agency message set, PGA flag indicator AL1 for APHIS was updated.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service last week updated requirements pertaining to the import of fresh bell peppers (Capsicum annuum) from Spain as part of a broader effort to prevent the introduction of the Mediterranean fruit flies (Ceratitis capitata or Medfly).