Illegalities and violations involving transborder shipment of hazardous and electronic wastes were reported in 11% of containers, according to a Dec. 5 report on the Second International Hazardous Waste Inspection Project. More than 1,000 containers were inspected during the project, the report said. Countries reported using national level (interagency) cooperation in 95% of inspections that took place during the Project and intelligence-led enforcement and/or risk-based profiling was commonly utilized.
CBP's requirement for the arrival of the full in-bond shipment before a subsequent in-bond movement in ACE may require some revision and the agency is working on an update, said a CBP spokeswoman. The agency recently said it needed to put the new policy in place to better track in-bond movements and adjust to programming edits related to the transition to ACE M1: Rail and Sea.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Dec. 4, 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 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 issued a guidance for vessels diverted from the Long Beach port of entry due to the strike. The agency said it's aware the strike has been resolved and the information should be used if still necessary.
CBP will hold the 2013 C-TPAT Conference January 8-10, 2013 in the Washington, DC area. The three-day seminar that will be divided into two sessions, one general session day and two workshop days, said CBP. The conference registration will open at noon on Dec. 5. Registration is (here).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated summary of changes for the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR). Most recently, the following changes to Appendix O on DDTC ITAR Exemption Codes have been posted.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP posted a Dec.3 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.
CBP won't "accept any newly-filed continuous or single transaction bonds" for surety 879 (Universal Insurance Company), the agency said in a CSMS message. Universal Insurance Company's authority as an acceptable surety on Federal bonds has been terminated by the Department of the Treasury, it said.
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Dec. 3. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, 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, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.