CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc

1. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site

Remote Location Filer Contacts - a list of Remote Location Filer contacts. For each of the ports listed, the list provides the Electronic Invoice Program/Remote Location Filing (EIP/RLF) coordinator's name, phone number, and fax number. (RLF filer contacts, dated 03/21/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/cargo_summary/remote_location_filing/RLF_coordinator_list.ctt/RLF_coordinator_list.xls.)

Public ACS FIRMS Report - a Facilities Information and Resources Management System (FIRMS) report which provides, alphabetically, the FIRMS code, name, and address by district/port code. (FIRMS report, dated 03/21/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/carriers/firms_30.ctt/firms_30.txt.)

CBP Commissioner meeting with Mexican government officials. A press release announcing that during the week of March 14, 2005, CBP Commissioner Bonner led a senior delegation from CBP for three days of meetings with Mexican Government officials on a wide range of Mexican-American trade and immigration issues. (CBP press release, dated 03/21/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/commissioner/messages/mexico_govt_officials.xml.)

Stowaway Nabbed Using High-Tech Border Equipment - A press release announcing that Blaine, WA CBP officers apprehended a wanted man on a freight train using Blaine's rail gamma-imaging technology. (CBP press release, dated 03/09/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/03092005_3.xml.)

2. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions

CBP has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.

(The CBP messages marked with an * cover much of the same information as the ITA notices; however, CBP's messages often list the 10-character case number specific to each listed company(s). ITA notices only list the 7-character master case number. In addition, sometimes the master case number for CBP purposes (in parentheses, below, where applicable) differs from the ITA master case number.)

3. VOCCs that Have Become Sea AMS Operational

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the following vessel operating common carriers (VOCCs) have become Sea AMS operational:

4. Air AMS Expansions

CBP has announced the following Air Automated Manifest System (AMS) expansions: