The Department of Homeland Security has recently released its fiscal year 2010 budget request for salaries and expenses, which contains specific requests for U.S. Customs and Border Protection initiatives such as international cargo screening, Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, and other international programs.
CBP has posted the printable versions of eight "ACE Overview" fact sheets for brokers,importers, foreign trade zone operators, ocean and rail carriers, cartmen and lightermen, facilities operators, service providers, and truck carriers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS providing an updated ACE entry summary filing deployment schedule.
The National Marine Fisheries Service has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to announce that it is revising the procedures for filing import and export documentation for certain fishery products to meet requirements of the SAFE Port Act of
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has announced that it will meet in an open markup session on Monday, May 18, 2009, and subsequent days as necessary, to consider the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) legislation.
CBP has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Fasteners of Heading 7318.(See future issue of ITT for details.) (ICP, dated April 2009, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/legal/informed_compliance_pubs/fasteners_head_7318.ctt/fasteners_head_7318.pdf)
The Department of Homeland Security has recently released its fiscal year 2010 budget request which contains specific requests for U.S. Customs and Border Protection initiatives.
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that on May 18, 2009, it will begin sending follow-up Status Advisory (SA) messages to ABI ISF filers when a bill of lading (BOL) is submitted that matches to an ISF already on file with CBP. Similar notifications to AMS will also be sent.
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that the Chicago Trade Support Office will be closed on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. For assistance, the trade can contact the Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Seattle, San Francisco, or Cleveland offices (see CSMS message for phone numbers). (CSMS 09-000222, dated 05/11/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17612&page=&srch_argv=09-000222&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
CBP has posted the April 2009 customs broker exam and answer key to its Web site. According to CBP sources, the pass rate is not yet available. (See future issue of ITT for details when the pass rate becomes available.)(Exam and Key, posted 05/06/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/broker/broker_exam/exam_and_key_downloads/)