CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a draft agenda for its 2008 Trade Symposium, which will be held on October 29-31, 2008 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC. CBP notes that its draft agenda is subject to change. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/05/08 news, 08090510, for BP summary announcing that registration for the Trade Symposium had closed.) (Agenda, posted 10/02/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/symposium08/agenda.ctt/agenda.doc)
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1. Draft Trade Symposium Agenda Posted
2. CBP Lists Ports that Can Accept Type 09 Reconciliation Entries
CBP has issued a notice providing a list of ports that can accept filed type 09 Reconciliation entries. CBP notes that while the Automated Commercial System (ACS) Reconciliation Prototype is nationwide in scope and entry summaries filed at any port may be flagged for reconciliation, the type 09 Reconciliation entry, which provides the reconciled information, must be filed to a Reconciliation processing port. Each importer participating in the prototype is assigned a processing port.
The following ports can process type 09 Reconciliation entries: Boston, Champlain, Detroit, El Paso, Houston, Laredo, Portland, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Nogales, Otay Mesa/San Diego, and Pharr.
(CBP notice, dated 09/29/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/cargo_summary/reconciliation/reference_desk/addresses.xml)
3. Other CBP Postings and Messages
Wood packaging material info. CBP has posted information on Wood Packaging Material. CBP cites the number of noncompliance shipments for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 and provides specific examples. (Information, posted 10/01/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/coac/meetings/08072008_meeting/coac_aoo.ctt/coac_aoo.pdf)
CBP finds unripe poppy seeds on flowers. CBP reports that agriculture specialists were recently conducting routine inspections on fresh cut flowers arriving from the Netherlands when they discovered three boxes containing Opium "poppy" pods. (News release, dated 09/29/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/09292008.xml)
Application procedures for EDI, filing e-Manifests. CBP has posted instructions on how to be approved for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and how to file a truck electronic manifest via EDI. (Instruction, dated 09/30/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/carrier_info/etruck_tech_info/getting_started_edi.xml)
Info on IPR border enforcement assistance. CBP has issued a notice providing information on how to obtain intellectual property rights (IPR) border enforcement assistance. (Notice, 09/29/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/priority_trade/ipr/ipr_assistance.xml)
Border Patrol announces station opening in Maine. CBP has issued a news release announcing that the opening ceremony for the newly constructed Van Buren Border Patrol Station in Maine was to be held on September 25, 2008. (News release, dated 09/23/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/09232008_8.xml)
Environment Assessment, FONSI for Tucson West. CBP has posted the final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed SBInet Tucson West Project and the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) EA for the proposed project. CBP has also posted information on commenting on the documents and a list of libraries where the final EA and signed FONSI can be reviewed. (Information available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/sbi/nepa/tucson_west/)
4. 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.)