CBP is requesting comments by Dec. 21 for an existing information collection concerning trademarks and copyrights. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or to the information collected. The notice is scheduled to run in the Federal Register Oct. 22.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Oct. 18, 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.)
House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) will be the keynote speaker at CBP's annual trade symposium, the agency said in a press release. The symposium will be at the Renaissance DC Downtown Hotel, Washington, D.C., Oct. 29-30. The event is sold out, though online registration is available (here).
CBP posted documents on changes to the Customs and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR). The updates will change usage notes text to allow for entry type 03 to be filed via remote location filing (RLF) and remove “First Sale” filing requirements, said CBP. CBP previously said it was targeting mid-October for RLF 03 entries and would look to expand the RLF program rather than overhauling customs broker permitting requirements.
CBP Seattle updated its Automated Manifest Systems (AMS) standardized procedures at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for manifesting bag tag numbers, said a Trade Information Notice (TIN). CBP Seattle said there have been a number of questions over whether bag tag numbers were required in Air AMS.
CBP issued a memorandum saying the second tranche (period 2) for the fiscal year 2013 specialty sugar tariff rate quota opens Oct. 26, at 1 p.m. EDT, or its equivalent in other time zones. The second tranche has a specialty sugar allocation of 35,245,000 kg and is expected to oversubscribe at opening moment.
In the Oct. 10 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 42), CBP a notice of revocation and modification of rulings and treatment regarding the tariff classification of work footwear .
CBP issued a memorandum announcing that the first tranche for the fiscal year 2012 specialty sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) that opened Oct. 12 wasn't oversubscribed at opening moment.
CBP posted the presentation slides from its webinar on the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China. The presentation details the scope of the order, pointing to specific products, customs rulings, and International Trade Administration scope determinations to clarify which aluminum extrusions are subject to the AD/CV duty orders.
CBP will host a Trade Fair to provide members of the trade community the opportunity to speak one on one with representatives of federal agencies involved with imports and exports, CBP said in a CSMS message. The event will be Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the M.O. Campbell Educational Center located at 1865 Aldine Bender Road, Houston, TX 77032.