CBP again delayed its mandatory use date for ACE drawback, reconciliation, duty deferral, statements and liquidation, the agency said on Sept. 28 (here). “In order to allow additional time for all stakeholders to prepare for this transition, and to provide the opportunity to solicit and receive public comment on the associated regulatory changes, CBP is rescheduling this transition which was previously scheduled for October 29, 2016,” it said. “CBP is targeting January 2017 for the revised deployment and mandatory date and will provide additional clarification regarding the precise transition date in the coming weeks.”
CBP pushed back the deadline already once this month in response to trade community concerns with the original Oct. 1 deadline. President Barack Obama in a 2014 executive order mandated completion of the International Trade Data System by the end of 2016. CBP didn't immediately comment.
CBP and the Treasury Department released a highly anticipated interim rule on Aug. 18 that creates new formal procedures for CBP investigations of antidumping and countervailing duty evasion. The notice (here), which also includes a request for public comment, is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on Aug. 22, it said.
They are included in new Part 165 of the customs regulations under Title 19. The regulations define evasion as entry by means of "any document or electronically transmitted data or information, written or oral statement, or act that is material and false, or any omission that is material and that results in any cash deposit or other security or any amount of applicable antidumping or countervailing duties being reduced or not being applied with respect to the covered merchandise."
The rules were required to be in place by Aug. 22, under the customs reauthorization law enacted earlier this year.
As of June 15, ACE will be the only authorized system for filing electronic entries and entry summaries for certain Food and Drug Administration entries and entry summaries under certain entry types, said CBP in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication on Monday (here). On June 15, for entry types 01, 03, 06, 11, 23, 51 and 52, the Automated Commercial System “will no longer be a CBP-authorized [electronic system] for purposes of processing these electronic filings,” it said. “CBP will continue to monitor the FDA filing rates in ACE. Should there be a need to avoid a substantial adverse impact on trade, CBP will reassess the transition completion date for FDA filings,” said CBP. The Customs Commercial Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) recently joined industry calls for CBP to announce its ACE deadline for FDA entries, citing the trade industry’s need to know the date for development and training purposes.
TUCSON, Ariz. -- CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske plans to step down from his post ahead of the coming change in presidential administration, he said while talking to reporters at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America conference. Kerlikowske didn't give specifics on timing, but said he would leave the position by the end of the year. Kerlikowske will focus on the implementation of customs reauthorization bill, among other things, during his remaining time at CBP, he said. After a lengthy delay, Kerlikowske became the first Senate-confirmed commissioner in about five years when he was sworn in during March 2014.
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President Barack Obama signed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, formalizing the legislation as law on Feb. 24, the White House said. The new law marks the culmination of several years of discussion and debate largely over new antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement language. The enactment initiates a number of major changes to customs processing, such as new importer identification requirements for customs brokers, fixes to tariffs for recreational performance outerwear, and updates to reliquidation procedures. An increase of the "de minimis" threshold to $800 will take effect 15 days after enactment, with effective dates varying for other individual provisions. International Trade Today will provide a multi-part summary of the new law in coming issues.
The Senate voted 75-20 on Feb. 11 to approve the conference report of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (HR-644), a major step toward reauthorizing CBP and changing a number of customs processes. The House passed the conference report in December, and Senate approval means the bill will next go to President Barack Obama, who hasn't raised any objections. Several provisions in the bill would take effect 180 days after Obama signs it into law.
Among the big changes are an increase in the de minimis limit to $800, a new "importer of record program" and new importer identification requirements for customs brokers. The bill would also hold CBP to reliquidating entries within 90 days of the actual date of liquidation and eliminate an exemption to the ban on importation of goods made with convict or forced labor. The legislation would also impose firm deadlines on CBP to investigate claims of antidumping and countervailing duty evasion.
While the customs provisions were largely noncontroversial, the bill stalled for two-months marked by negotiations over whether to remove an unrelated extension of a permanent Internet access tax ban embedded in that report. During a Feb. 10 Senate floor speech leading up to the vote, Senate Finance ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., underscored the bill’s “unfair trade alert” provisions, which he said will facilitate quicker alerting of enforcement authorities to suspicious behavior in the trade sphere. “At its core, it’s about rooting out the universe of scofflaw tactics that trade cheats rely on," he said.