The Consumer Product Safety Commission hopes to finalize regulations for its “eFiling” partner government agency (PGA) message set in ACE “by the end of calendar year 2024,” the commission said in an “eFiling Implementation Newsletter” from late December.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will on Feb. 15 begin deactivating some Section 232 exclusions when they reach 95% of capacity, addressing concerns in a recent Government Accountability Office report that duties were going unpaid because the agency was letting importers exceed their exclusion limits (see 2307210064).
DHS published its fall 2023 regulatory agenda for CBP with only one new trade-related action mentioned. The department listed a new proposed rule that could mandate electronic export manifest for all cargo leaving the U.S. by rail.
CBP released its "hold" on EU steel and aluminum quotas Jan. 2, with quota limits remaining unchanged from the levels set for 2023, CBP said in a CSMS message Jan. 3. That same day CBP posted updated quota bulletins for steel and for aluminum. The "STX" steel extended exclusions for 2024 announced by the Commerce Department are available in ACE starting Jan. 4, CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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The recent extension of over 400 Section 301 exclusions (see 2312260011) won’t be implemented in ACE until Jan. 4 at 7 a.m. EST, CBP said in a CSMS message. That means the exclusions will still expire in ACE on Jan. 1, despite the extension until May 31. Importers that enter goods that qualify for the extended exclusions between Jan. 1 and their implementation in ACE on Jan. 4 should file a post-summary correction on or after Jan. 4 “to obtain a refund of duties paid,” CBP said.
The Treasury Department published its fall 2023 regulatory agenda for CBP. The agenda includes a new mention of a proposed rule to amend CBP’s regulations on the entry of “certain low-value shipments not exceeding $800 that are eligible for an administrative exemption from duty and tax.”
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: