CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) and tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of May 3, 2010. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (Weekly commodity report, posted 05/03/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/cr_05032010.ctt/cr_05032010.pdf)
The antidumping and countervailing messages CBP issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that it has posted an A2.3.1a FAQ document. This document provides answers to questions on the new ACE ESAR A2.3.1a capabilities including new Portal and EDI capabilities specific to the filing and processing of AD/CVD entries (also know as type 03 entries) and AD/CVD Case Management. (CSMS #10-000106, dated 04/29/10, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17888&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby)
The antidumping and countervailing messages CBP issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that ABI Importer/Bond Query (Application Identifier KI) queries will now return results for new bond activity codes.
CBP has issued the April 2010 ACE Trade Account Owner (TAO) Update. The update covers CBP forms not posting to the "Task List," ACE Reports fixes and tips, information on Cargo Control & Release, etc. (TAO updated, issued 04/30/10, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/docs/17889_238154990/April_2010_TAO_Update_v5.pdf)