CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Sept. 17. 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 fixed a problem with the ACE portal that was affecting user sign-on and the portal is now available, it said by CSMS message.
CBP is switching locations for a coming presentation on valuation, said CBP Seattle in a trade information notice (TIN). The event will be 1-4 p.m. in North Auditorium (4th Floor, Second Avenue Entrance), Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Seattle. Contact: Heather Scott -- (206) 553-1434. Members of the CBP Office of International Trade, Regulations and Rulings will give a public presentation on valuation Sept. 19 in Seattle, Topics will include valuation hierarchy, methods of appraisement, multi-tiered and related-party transactions and bona fide sales, said the TIN. Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the TIN.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 14, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
The CBP "Role of the Broker" Webinar on broker penalties scheduled for Sept. 20 will start at 12:30 p.m., said CBP in a CSMS message. The Webinar, which is part of an effort to rewrite broker regulations, was originally scheduled to start at 3:30. A schedule for the remaining Webinars is (here).
CBP is sponsoring a Trade Intelligence forum in Long Beach from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 18, allowing "importers to assist in CBP’s efforts to stamp out fraudulent competitors," the agency said. Registration is (here).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 13, 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 has moved into production the fix for the in-bond arrival, export, transfer of Liability Response (ABI Application ID = WT), it said in a CSMS message.
CBP New York scheduled a trade seminar Sept. 20 on Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) procedures, said CBP New York in an informational pipeline. The overview will include input from CBP's Office of International Trade on regulations and policies and CPSC investigators will discuss the examination process and demonstrate lead paint and parts testing, the notice said. Representatives from Underwriters Laboratories and CBP's New York/Newark Laboratory will also provide a presentation on their involvement in product safety as a Priority Trade Issue.