A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 27, 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 posted a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, "CBP Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights." The document was updated in August this year and was last previously updated in October of 2009. The ICP update largely reflects interim rules allowing CBP to disclose to an intellectual property right holder information appearing on merchandise or its retail packaging for the purpose of assisting CBP in determining whether the merchandise bears a counterfeit mark. CBP asked for comments on the interim rules in April.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 27 with 366 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 174,177. The most recent ruling is dated 9/27/2012.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 26, 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.)
The U.S. government is extending and amending import restrictions for five years on archaeological and ethnological material from Guatemala, which are set to expire Sept. 29, said CBP in a Federal Register notice. The notice, effective Sept. 29, said the State Department has determined that conditions continue to warrant the imposition of import restrictions and CBP's regulations will be amended to reflect the extension. The list of designated articles will also be amended to include ecclesiastical ethnological material dating to the Conquest and Colonial Periods of Guatemala (c. A.D. 1524 to 1821), said CBP.
Los Angeles Field Operations of CBP issued Public Bulletin No. LA12-025 to list the types of merchandise exams that CBP conducts at the ports, their basis and the factors affecting the time required to release a shipment. The Bulletin also provides instructions on how the trade can make written inquiry on the frequency of exams for both inbound (import) shipments and outbound (export) shipments, and the information CBP requires in such inquiries. The Bulletin notes that the information provided is specific to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) user guide on e-Manifest: Trucks. It provides an introduction to this capability in ACE and information on how to store account information in the ACE, how to add drivers to an account, submitting an e-Manifest, in-bond shipment information, etc.
CBP hopes a close relationship with trade through a trade intelligence industry liaison will allow the agency to stay current on business trends and improve processing at the Centers for Excellence and Expertise (CEEs), said John Leonard, acting executive director for trade policy and programs at CBP. Leonard spoke as part of several recent forums on Trade Intelligence, said a CBP press release.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 25, 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.)