The Trade Support Network has issued its October 2011 Monthly Committee Report, which indicates that discussions are taking place on issues related to the automation of the export manifest in ACE, as well as using ACE Post Summary Correction (PSC) for drawback. The October report also notes that the implementation plan for ACE e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail (MI) has run into issues that must be resolved prior to opening the program for enrollment.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its monthly Automated Commercial Environment Updates for November 2011. While the update lists new statistics showing that the number of ACE trade user accounts and the size of revenue collections via Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) continue to grow, it also indicates that a number of due dates for ACE functionality have been pushed back to later dates or are no longer specified.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a fact sheet on its Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC), a facility established in 2009 that serves as a multi-agency fusion center for targeting commercial shipments that pose a threat to health and safety. Agencies participating in CTAC include CBP, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), and the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Other appropriate Federal agencies may be added to CTAC in the future.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the following news releases:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on Edam and Gouda cheeses provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, will open on January 3, 2012.
In the November 16, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 47), CBP published two notices that propose to modify one ruling and revoke two rulings and similar treatment regarding the classification of current detectors and thermal oxidizers.
In the November 16, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 47), CBP published a notice that proposes to modify a ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of the EZ tree bar.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on Italian-type cheeses provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 21 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, will open on January 3, 2012. The below-listed countries or areas have the following low-duty access amounts:
This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that officers assigned to George Bush Intercontinental Airport’s Air Cargo division seized a rug stitched with crocodile skin earlier this month. The shipment arrived from Lagos, Nigeria. CBP officers referred the rug to U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) for further examination, which determined the reptile stitch pattern was in fact crocodile skin. Crocodiles are an endangered species and the importation of their skins or leather is prohibited. The rug was turned over to FWS for final disposition.