CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that its Operational and Administrative System for Import Support (OASIS) will be down for maintenance on Saturday, September 17, 2005 between 9:00 a.m. (0900) EDT - 1:00 p.m. (1300) EDT. ABI transmissions received by FDA during that time will be queued and processed once maintenance is completed. Prior Notice (PN) confirmation numbers will not be transmitted back to filers during the downtime. If PN has not already been submitted, ABI filers may decide to wait out the downtime if they determine that timeliness of PN will not be adversely affected. Alternatively, filers may submit PN via the PN System Interface (PNSI) in which case the PN confirmation number must accompany the article of food (21 CFR 1.279(g)). If PN is submitted through PNSI, FDA and CBP recommend that the submitter present the PNSI confirmation page, including the PN confirmation number and time stamp to CBP officers for cargo release.
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1. FDA Announces OASIS Downtime on Saturday, September 17, 2005
If PN has already been submitted via ABI prior to the OASIS outage and confirmation has already been received, no further action is required. If PN has already been submitted via ABI and confirmation has not been received prior to the OASIS outage, FDA and CBP recommend that, rather that resubmitting via PNSI, submitters should provide to CBP Officers, at the time of cargo release, an endorsed (signed) copy of the ABI transmission or some other evidence adequate to show that PN has been submitted via ABI.
FDA notes that during the downtime periods FDA and CBP will be operating using contingency plan - scenario 2. FDA states that questions should be directed to its PN Center at (866) 521-2297. (Adm: 05-1061, dated 09/13/05, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-1061.ADM.)
2. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of September 7, 2005
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of September 7, 2005. This report includes tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (CFTA) tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 09/07/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
3. Various CBP Press Releases
CBP has recently posted press releases with the following titles to its web site:
SENTRI. SENTRI participant arrested for alleged alien smuggling attempt.(dated 09/07/05) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/09072005_2.xml
Hurricane Katrina. Nearly 600 CBP personnel establish order, direct rescue effort in Katrina recovery.(dated 09/06/05) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/09062005_2.xml
Hurricane Katrina. Officers establish order, conduct rescues, enable emergency communications during Katrina recovery.(dated 09/07/05) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/09082005.xml
4. 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.)
The administrative messages listed above are availablefrom http://www.brokerpower.net/admin_messages/ (and can be searched by message number, country, product, etc.).