CBP has issued a memorandum announcing that the second tranche for the fiscal year 2011 specialty sugar tariff rate quota that opened on November 10, 2010 did not oversubscribe at opening moment. All entries on hold have been processed and released.
CBP has issued a memorandum announcing the 2011 opening of the tariff rate quota on milk and cream, fluid or frozen, fresh or sour, as provided for in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 5. This TRQ opens on January 3, 2011, and the restraint level is 6,694,840 liters. Of the quantativie limitations provided for in AUSN 5, New Zealand shall have access to a quantity of not less than 5,678,117 liters.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued two notices on the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement's (UCFTA, or CFTA) 2011 tariff preference levels for duty-free imports from Chile of certain cotton and man-made fiber (MMF) apparel goods and certain cotton/MMF fabric, as described below.
An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued memorandum on the tariff rate quotas for agricultural products described in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter XVI, U.S. Notes 3 through 12, with respect to the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement.
CBP has posted an updated version of its Excel spreadsheet providing details on ACE programming issues. The spreadsheet includes the issue number, date opened, description, status, scheduled delivery date, and comments.
The Los Angeles and Long Beach Boards of Harbor Commissioners will reconvene on November 22, 2010 to consider approval of the 2010 San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update, which sets more aggressive goals and strategies for reducing air pollution and health risks from the goods transportation industry.
CBP has posted a notice announcing that the Decal/Transponder program is increasing the cost of expedited shipping to Canada from $12 to $15, effective November 15, 2010. All applications received by the Decal/Transponder program office on or after November 15, 2010 with expedited shipping to Canada selected will be charged the increased price of $15.
CBP has posted the weekly foreign currency exchange rate multipliers for the week ending November 12, 2010.
CBP has posted the U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter for November 4-12, 2010. The Blotter provides information on Border Patrol activities during the specified week.