The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted a list of 33 Mexican government officials that can verify that seafood from Mexico was not caught illegally using gillnets, CBP said in a CSMS message. Last summer, the Court of International Trade granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting imports of Mexican fish that might threaten the endangered vaquita porpoise (see 1807260039). The National Marine Fisheries Service requires that all Mexican-origin shrimp, fish and fish products include a “Certification of Admissibility” that contains the signature of one of the listed officials. "If a 'Certification of Admissibility' is validated by an official who is not on the May 31, 2019 Designated Officials List, the shipment will be refused entry," CBP said. "The submission of the 'Certification of Admissibility' may be done through electronic transfer into ACE DIS using DIS Code 'NM23', email, fax, or in paper to the CBP port of entry."
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will allow for an additional day for payment after a power outage brought down ACE, the agency said in a CSMS message. "CBP’s Office of Trade, Commercial Operations, Revenue and Entry Division is granting an additional day for payment (snow day) as appropriate for entry summaries and statements due on Thursday, June 6, 2019 which may be presented and paid on Friday, June 7, 2019 without penalty," the agency said.
CBP will add the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with the fifth group of exclusions from the first tranche of Section 301 tariffs on June 11, it said in a CSMS message. Filers of imported products that were granted an exclusion (see 1906030038) should report the regular Chapter 84, 85 or 90 Harmonized Tariff Schedule number, as well as subheading 9903.88.10, for products subject to Section 301 duties on products from China but that have been granted an exclusion by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. “Importers shall not submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 301 duties when HTS 9903.88.10 is submitted,” CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
India was removed as a Generalized System of Preferences beneficiary country on June 5. As a result, India is no longer exempt from the Section 201 safeguards on solar cells and residential washers and parts, CBP said in a recent CSMS message. CBP said it updated ACE with the changes on June 3 (see 1906040007).
With ACE not ready, customs bond insufficiency issues, and importers unable to take on financial responsibility for tariffs on Mexican imports, the customs brokers who work at the California-Mexico border asked CBP and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to delay implementation of 5 percent tariffs past June 10. The Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Associations sent a letter June 5 saying that its members are alarmed "that it will be impossible to comply, as the mechanisms for compliance are not available between now and June 10th."