A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Jan. 9, 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 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 agriculture specialists at Brownsville intercepted live wood-boring insects on two shipments of stainless steel sheets transported on solid wood packaging materials, CBP said. The insects, quarantine-significant bark beetles of the Scolytidae family, were collected Dec. 27 from wooden pallets used in the transport of stainless steel sheets being imported into the U.S. from Mexico. As a result, the shipment was sent back to Mexico. CBP said its specialists in Brownsville have discovered such pests multiple times in shipments from various importers, and importers who have made multiple attempts to enter with violative wood materials have been penalized.
CBP is seeking comment on an information collection requirement on the Application to Establish a Centralized Examination Station, it said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for Jan. 11. Comments are due by March 12 to Tracey Denning, Office of Regulations and Rulings, 799 9th Street, NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC. 20229-1177.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Jan. 8, 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 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 approved changes to the Cal Cartage CES Trade Enforcement fee schedule, it said in a Jan. 7 public bulletin from the Los Angeles field office. The Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport had proposed the changes Oct. 22. For a copy of the new fee schedule for California Cartage Co. in Carson, Calif., email ITTNews@warren-news.com, or the Los Angeles field office.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Jan. 7, 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 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.)
The new CBP inspection facility at Amistad Dam will be closed from Jan. 7 to Jan. 19 due to maintenance, CBP said. It said the temporary closure will allow for the safe demolition of the old facility. CBP opened the new facility Dec. 11.
CBP is changing the FCL Logistics Trade Enforcement Centralized Examination Station fee schedule, it said in a public notice dated Jan. 7 from the Los Angeles Field Office. The changes will take effect after a 30-day public comment period, if approved by the port director. The new fees are:
CBP is providing another 30 days to comment on a proposal to extend a previously approved information collection the issuance of administrative rulings, it said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for Jan. 9. Comments will now be due Feb. 8.
The January 2013 update to the ACEopedia has been posted on the CBP web site (here). The lengthy document includes an executive summary, ACE overview and business case, capabilities, path toward completion, and other details.