In response to recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office in August 2009, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a report to Congress outlining the actions it is taking to strengthen its oversight of imported products.
CBP has updated its information on the 2009 trade symposium to state that webcasting registration for participation via the Internet is targeted to open in early November. The cost for the webcast is $35. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/30/09 news, 09093005, for BP update on the trade symposium.)(Notice, dated 10/16/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/trade_symposium_09.xml)
On October 13, 2009, House and Senate conferees filed the conference report for H.R. 2892, the fiscal year (FY) 2010 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, etc.
CBP has posted a slide show providing an overview of ACE reports. The slide show covers report categories, report features, the value of reports from different perspectives, key reports, etc. (Slide show, posted 10/06/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace/toolkit/report_overview.ctt/report_overview.pdf)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that the next release of ACE is currently scheduled for deployment in January 2010 and will include Entry Summary Type 03 (AD/CVD) and AD/CVD Case Management Reference Data. CBP states that new CATAIR chapters and other documents designed to assist you with your programming efforts are now available on the CBP website. (CSMS 09-000323, dated 10/02/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17716&page=&srch_argv=09-000323&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby=.)
CBP has posted Amendment 43 to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements document. The following changes were made:
On September 15, 2009, a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Subcommittee1 held a hearing entitled "Investment and Acquisition Challenges at the Department of Homeland Security."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice providing additional details on the 10th annual trade symposium, which will be held on December 8 - 10, 2009 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, DC.
According to CBP's August/September 2009 ACE Trade Account Owner update, it has been discovered that if a carrier or their agent requests an in-bond move via their ACE Portal e-Manifest declaration and they use certain Units of Measure (UOM) descriptions in the shipment/commodity/quantity and weight section, the in-bond request will be rejected internally by the system with no error message being returned to the carrier.
CBP has posted an updated schedule for its outreach events in various locations around the country to provide the trade community with an opportunity to learn more about the new Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements (a.k.a. ISF/"10+2") interim final rule. (Schedule, dated 09/24/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/09_outreach_schl.xml)