CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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EPA's hydrofluorocarbons code will deploy to CBP's production environment on Jan.13 (see 2312050063), CBP said in a CSMS message Dec. 19. The HFC code has been deployed in the ACE certification environment as of Dec. 5. The EPA HFC flags (EH1, EH2) will be enforced with a reject severity following the deployment, CBP said.
The USDA's Agriculture Marketing Service published an update to its CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR), CBP said in a CSMS message on Dec. 19. The guidelines, which were published on Dec. 12, included information added for an "OR2" message set, "related to data submitted for the National Organic Program," CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is temporarily suspending operations at the international railway crossing bridges in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas, the agency said. The suspension, which CBP said is effective Dec. 18, is meant to help CBP redirect personnel to "assist the U.S. Border Patrol with taking migrants into custody," the agency said.
CBP has released its Dec. 20 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 47). While it contains recent court decisions, no customs rulings are included.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The proposed European Union forced labor trade ban waits to stop goods until after a government investigation finds the goods contain forced labor, in contrast to the U.S. approach, which automatically bans all imports that are suspected to be made with forced labor, without a separate investigation, trade lawyer John Foote said.
The 2024 Customs Broker Triennial Status Report (TSR) and the associated $100 filing fee for all licensed customs brokers opens Dec. 18, CBP said. The TSR, which was announced in a Dec. 14 CSMS message, must be submitted by Feb. 29, the agency said.
CBP released a tip sheet for members of the trade community when filing the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's organic partner government agency (PGA) message set in ACE (see 2312120065). The tip sheet focuses on the differences between an OR1 and an OR2 message set, and disclaimers that are applicable to the organic PGA message sets.