CBP will hold imported foods seminars on Nov. 14 in Brooklyn, NY, and Nov. 15 in Queens, NY, the agency said in a CSMS message.
CBP said the Port of Seattle's downtown location is now able to receive calls and email following an internal network disruption. CBP Seattle Client Representatives are available at (206) 553-5228.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Oct. 2, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP posted a version of its informed compliance publication entitled, "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Fasteners of Heading 7318." According to the document, it was reviewed with no changes in April 2012.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Oct. 1. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and 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 textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics etc.
CBP said it successfully transferred all ocean carriers, rail carriers and Automated Broker Interface software developers to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) e-Manifest: Rail and Sea. ACE now operates as the only CBP-approved electronic data interchange through which rail and sea manifests may be transmitted to the agency. CBP said the transition was completed a full 24 hours prior to the Sept. 29 deadline.
CBP posted a version of its informed compliance publication entitled, "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Buttons, Snap-Fasteners, Slide Fasteners and Similar Articles." According to the document, it was reviewed with no changes in April 2012.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 28, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP announced the fiscal year 2013 tariff preference level quantities of certain T-shirts and knit-to-shape (knit) apparel articles that are eligible to receive duty-free treatment if imported directly from any current or former Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) beneficiary country.