A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's web site as of July 19, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP posted an updated list of the names and CBP surety codes for the sureties found on the Treasury Department's Listing of Approved Sureties (Circular 570) dated July 1, 2012. This list includes only those sureties where a 3-digit CBP surety code has already been assigned.
CBP issued a final determination that the country of origin of Pwn Plugs for purposes of U.S. government procurement is the U.S. CBP concluded that the assembly and programming operations performed in the U.S. substantially transform the components of the projectors. The determination ran in the Federal Register July 23.
CBP signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to advance information-sharing among the federal agencies to improve targeting of imports for health and safety violation, said CBP. NHTSA, the nation’s chief automotive safety agency, is the eighth federal partner to join CBP’s Import Safety Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC), a multi-agency center for targeting commercial shipments that pose potential threats to health and safety.
CBP posted a reminder that it is seeking applicants for the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) and that applications should be submitted to CBP by July 27.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Australian Minister for Home Affairs Jason Clare said July 17 an Australian Customs and Border Protection Service officer was seconded to the U.S. CBP. The Australian CBP officer will be seconded to the U.S. CBP Office of Intelligence and Investigations Liaison and the International Targeting Center. The officer’s role will focus on the joint targeting and analysis of criminal syndicates and the establishment of a Collaborative Targeting Framework between the U.S. and Australia. “The Australian and United States Customs and Border Protection agencies work very closely together," said Clare. "This is the next step. Embedding our experts inside United States Customs and Border Protection will improve our ability to target the activities of potential terrorists, drug smugglers and other organised criminals who try to target Australia." The countries previously outlined the plans for the U.S. and Australia to increase their capacity to identify high risk actors and activities at the earliest point possible.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is seeking volunteers to participate in the document imaging system trial, said CBP in a CSMS message. The pilot allows importers and brokers that use ACE to submit official CBP documents and specified Participating Government Agency (PGA) forms via the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
CBP released a draft of discussion items from the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) working group on residue. Several issues are discussed in the draft, including bonds and a carrier’s ability to determine quantity and value. These issues and others will be discussed at the Aug. 15 COAC meeting in Seattle. See future issues of ITT for further coverage of the the draft.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's web site as of July 18, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels from CBP’s July 16 “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly July 16, 2012 “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”1