A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website April 21, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP has relaxed the rules for participants in a pilot aimed to see how effective it would be to replace the manufacturer identification code (MID) with a global business identifier (GBI).
DHS is beginning a 90-day assessment of the “current threats and challenges” posed by China, including how China’s “malign economic influence” is exploiting U.S. supply chains. The agency also announced a new artificial intelligence task force to examine how DHS can use AI to better screen cargo and identify imports produced with forced labor.
CBP will on May 20 deploy automated Form 6051D detention notices in ACE, including for Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act detentions, the agency said in an April 21 CSMS message. “This enhancement will give importers the ability to view, search, and respond to CBP Form 6051D using the ACE Forms application accessible through the ACE Secure Data Portal,” CBP said.
CBP is “aware” that some imports became subject to new superfund excise taxes on Jan. 1, but “at this time” is unable to process accelerated payment requests for such taxes, it said in a CSMS message April 21. The agency is working on internal procedures to process superfund drawback claims payments made to the Internal Revenue Service, but is “unable to ensure that a request for accelerated payment (AP) of any estimated drawback that may be claimed for such taxes is fully consistent with the requirements of the drawback law,” as is required for accelerated drawback, CBP said.
A proposed label for retail packaged 12 VDC electric motors was rejected by CBP in a recent ruling letter for noncompliance with marking regulations. The proposed label, submitted by Tarping USA, is a decal placed directly onto the motor housing that displays a stylized “Imported by Tarping USA,” along with contact info and company information. Although the retail packaging is marked with “Made in China," Tarping questioned whether the decal would require an additional origin designation.
CBP will hold a Green Trade Innovation and Incentives Forum July 11 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia, to gather input from stakeholders on its green trade initiatives, the agency said in a notice. The forum will include a Trade Sustainability Leadership Showcase, where “selected members of the international trade community to share their successes, best practices, challenges and lessons learned in greening their own operational processes and footprints, as well as discuss the ways they are working with supply chain and other business partners to reduce emissions, protect natural resources, and generate innovative solutions.” The agency also will hear comments from industry on green data as a strategic asset, green trade incentives and green trade research and innovation. Comments and proposals for the leadership showcase are due May 22.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website April 20, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP released its April 19 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 15), which includes the following ruling actions: