CBP CROSS Rulings

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) makes available on its Web site a complete list of its informed compliance publications (ICPs), including a pdf file for each publication.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) makes available on its Web site a complete list of its informed compliance publications (ICP), including a pdf file for each publication.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site Amendments 5 (dated April 2004) and 6 (dated April 28, 2004) to the Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR) for air (CAMIR-Air).

In the May 19, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 21), CBP issued notices: (a) revoking a classification ruling on tennis briefs, and (b) revoking four classification rulings on paper trimmers. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.

On May 20, 2004, the House of Representatives appointed its conferees for H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2003. As the House and Senate have passed different versions of H.R. 1047, a House-Senate conference would normally be needed to resolve the differences between the two versions of the bill. However, a conference on H.R. 1047 has not yet been held because there has been a 'hold' placed on the bill in the Senate which has prevented the Senate from requesting a conference and appointing its conferees. (See ITT's Online Archives or 05/03/04 news, 04050315, for final part of BP summary of Senate's version of H.R. 1047, with links to other parts.)(House Ways and Means Committee press release, dated 05/20/04, available at http://waysandmeans.house.gov/news.asp?formmode=release&id=215.)

In the May 19, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 21), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on a miniature gardening tool set, and (b) proposing to revoke two classification rulings regarding certain carbon-lined clothing and carbon-impregnated fabric. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.

According to an editorial in The Journal of Commerce, a provision in the Senate's Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2004 (S. 2279) which would assess a fine of $5,000 per bill of lading for cargo left on a pier for more than five days is something that few believe will be included in any maritime security bill that emerges from Congress. (See today's ITT, 04052505, for BP summary of S. 2279.) (JoC dated 05/'10-16/04, www.joc.com.)

The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA) submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which highlight certain issues it believes should be taken into consideration in drafting the final rules on prior notice of imported food and food facility registration.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Office of Information and Technology has posted a notice to its Web site containing (a) a list, updated as of May 18, 2004, of companies/persons offering Sea Automated Manifest System (AMS) data processing services to the trade community, and (b) the Sea AMS Respondent Checklist, as follows:

In a semi-annual general notice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is notifying the public that no foreign entities (i.e. entities located outside the Customs territory of the U.S.) are currently listed as having been assessed penalties under 19 USC 1592 for certain violations of the customs laws regarding textile and apparel transshipment and/or rules of origin (e.g., false country of origin documentation, counterfeit visas, illegal transshipment, etc.). According to CBP, this list is for the 6-month period starting March 31, 2004 through September 30, 2004.