Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
CBP has issued the following news releases:
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 only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)
CBP has posted the U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter for September 16 - 22, 2010. The Blotter provides information on Border Patrol activities during the specified week.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Federal Register notice that the fourth quarter 2010 (October 1 - December 31, 2010) Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties are: 3% for overpayments by corporations; 4% for non-corporations; and 4% for underpayments, which are unchanged from third quarter 2010 rates. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/23/10 news, 10082313, for BP summary of the IRS' announcement of these rates.)
CBP has issued a memorandum announcing the opening of the fiscal year 2011 tariff rate quota on mixes and doughs, as provided for in HTS Chapter 19, Additional U.S. Note 3. This TRQ opens on October 1, 2010 and the TRQ level for all countries except Mexico is 5,398,000 kg.
CBP has announced that the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program has surpassed 10,000 members. The C-TPAT Director noted that achieving 10,000 members indicates that the program is meeting the needs of the trade community.
CBP has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ESAR A2.2 programming issues.
CBP has posted a summary of changes to the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) that is effective September 17, 2010. The following changes were made to Appendices D (Export Port Codes) and E (Commodity Filing Information Codes and Reporting Guidelines):
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of September 23, 2010.