CBP Posts FAQs on its TRQ/TPL Commodity Status Report
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice providing answers to frequently asked questions on its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report.
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CBP’s FAQ provides answers to the following questions:
- How is the Commodity Status Report organized?
- If the goods are subject to an absolute quota, what resources are available for information?
- What do the various fields and terms on the report mean?
- Was the language of the report recently changed?
- Why does CBP post only the four most recent Commodity Status Reports?
- Is CBP considering posting the Commodity Status Report any more frequently in order to provide “real time” information?
- Can the report be shown in a format such as Excel for ease of data manipulation rather than as a Word document?
- Can the large white spaces between each quota listing be shortened?
- What enhancements were made to the report?