CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
CBP has posted Amendment 30 to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document. According to CBP, the CATAIR has been amended as follows:
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
1. CATAIR Amendment 30 Posted
Processing Overview - made edits in first paragraph.
Cargo Selectivity Processing - made edits first paragraph.
Record Identifier FT40 (Input) - Made edits in data elements "Bill of Lading or Airway Bill" and "House Bill" descriptions.
Record Identifier FT50 (Input) - Made edits in data element "Unit of Measure 1," "Unit of Measure 2," and "PN Disclaimer Flag" descriptions.
Record Identifier FT61 (Input) - Made edits in introduction paragraph and data element "Remarks" description.
Record Identifier FZ10 (Input) - Note 1 - deleted reference to Action Code field "I."
(Amendment 30, dated November 2008, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/abi/catair/changes/change_30.ctt/change_30.doc)
2. Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of December 1, 2008
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of December 1, 2008. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (Weekly commodity report available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
3. Updated TRQ/TPL "Threshold to Fill" List
CBP has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor tariff rate quotas and tariff preference levels that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low duty) rate. The list is divided into two sections - quotas that are at least 85% filled and quotas that are closed. (List, posted 12/01/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)
4. Other CBP Postings and Messages
Agriculture specialists uncover pests in wooden pallets. CBP has issued a news release announcing that agriculture specialists working at the Bridge of the Americas cargo facility at the El Paso, Texas port of entry discovered two living wood borer beetle larvae in a shipment of wooden pallets. The discovery was made when a shipment of 400 new pallets arrived at the facility from Mexico on November 20, 2008. (News release, dated 11/26/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/11262008_6.xml)
Border Patrol's Weekly Blotter. CBP has posted the U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter for November 20 - 26, 2008. The Blotter provides information on Border Patrol activities during the specified week. (Blotter, dated 11/26/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/weekly_blotter/1120_1126.xml)
5. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
The antidumping and countervailing messages CBP 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.)