In the past, when the GSP program expired for non-AGOA countries and had been retroactively renewed, CBP had stated that ABI filers who continued to use the GSP SPIs (A or A+) during the expiration period would not need to take any further action to request a refund (as filing with a GSP SPI during the expired period constituted a valid claim for a refund).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice announcing that the next customs broker license exam will be held on Monday, October 3, 2011.
Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for July 25-29, 2011 in case they were missed last week.
In June 2011, CBP, the Trade Leadership Council and the Trade Support Network discussed key "action items" for developing ACE, including the plan for turning off ACS, the upcoming Document Imaging System pilot, the visibility problem with Post Summary Corrections for prior filers, and using ACE for export licensing and reports.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking additional comments on extending the use of three existing drawback forms, CBP Forms 7551, 7552, and 7553 as approved government information collections. CBP plans to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approval of these forms without change.
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General has issued a follow-up letter on the recent "Independent Auditors' Report" issued by KPMG LLP on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's fiscal year 2010 internal controls for the financial reporting of its Information Technology activity. The letter details the "significant deficiency" that was found for CBP's IT and financial system controls in the following areas: access control, security management, segregation of duties, and financial system functionality, and lists recommendations for improvement.
The Court of International Trade has ruled1 that U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not err in denying Shell's 1997 protests seeking drawback of Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) and Environmental Tax (ET) payments associated with certain petroleum products that it imported and substitute petroleum derivatives it exported in 1993 and 1994. The CIT agreed with CBP that Shell is not entitled to drawback as its protests were untimely.
Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for June 20 - 24, 2011 in case they were missed last week.
In the antidumping duty administrative review of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from India for the period December 2005 through November 2006, the International Trade Administration granted an adjustment to U.S. price to Indian producer Essar Steel Limited for import duties which the company claimed were waived under an Indian Government program to encourage exports. However, U.S. producers United States Steel Corporation and Nucor Corporation argued to the Court of International Trade that Essar had failed to prove that it had qualified for the rebate. Conceding it had made erroneous assumptions, the ITA requested a voluntary remand to reconsider the duty drawback adjustment, and the CIT issued remand instructions accordingly. (Slip Op 11-66, dated 06/14/11)
CBP has posted Amendment 2 to the April 2011 Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements document1. The following revisions were made to the below-listed CATAIR chapters and appendices in June 2011: