CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Unified Business Resumption Messaging Web site messages providing a port status update in the wake of Hurricane Ike. According to CBP the following ports are closed as of 6:30 p.m. EST on September 14, 2008: Freeport, Galveston, Texas City, Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Lake Charles, and Point Comfort. CBP also posted an alert as of 6:30 p.m. EST on September 14, 2008 on the current port conditions due to Ike. In addition, CBP announced mass migration plans for Hurricane Ike. (Web sites, notices hyperlinked)
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1. CBP Provides Hurricane Ike Port Update
2. Port of Lake Charles Issued a Snow Day for September 12th
CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that a snow day has been issued for the port of Lake Charles, Louisiana (Port Code 2017) for Friday, September 12, 2008. The port is closed due to Hurricane Ike. (CSMS 08-000211, dated 09/12/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17235&page=&srch_argv=08-000211&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
3. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
The antidumping and countervailing messages U.S. Customs Border and Protection issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.
An overview of a number of recent AD/CV messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, are provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)