A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 10, 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 Seattle will host an informed compliance seminar on establishing a customs bonded warehouse, said CBP in a trade information notice (TIN)). The session will be from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 20 at the Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Ave., Seattle. Only 35 seats are available for the seminar, so reservations are recommended. Contact: Jenny Pelagio at Jeny.G.Pelagio@dhs.gov or (206) 553-0605. Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the TIN.
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Sept. 10. 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.
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) started offering training on antidumping evasion around the country in field offices to help keep investigators informed on the issue, said Lev Kubiak, director of the IPR Center. Kubiak spoke at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America Government Affairs Conference Sept. 10. Kubiak said both government and industry presenters are providing the training. The IPR Center is also making an effort to improve post-investigative analysis, he said. The center is getting about 270 leads per month, with about 50 of those legitimate, he said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 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 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 Los Angeles will hold a trade forum on Sept. 25, rescheduled from Sept. 12, to discuss planned updates to CBP's and the Food and Drug Administration's refusal/redelivery process, it said in a public notice. Topics will include FDA exams and entry review, exports and destructions, the new CBP/FDA joint redelivery process, and CBP's refund and cancellation policy, said the notice. Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the public notice.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP New York will hold a "Role of the Broker" roundtable on Sept. 27, not Sept. 18 as previously announced, focusing on the rewrite of 19 CFR Part 111 broker regulations, it said in an informational pipeline. The event will take place from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at 1100 Raymond Boulevard, Newark, NJ, 07102. Elena Ryan, CBP Acting Director of Trade Facilitation and Administration was previously scheduled to attend and discuss several topics, including continuing education, bona fides and broker permitting, though she's not named in the new notice. Registration for the free event is (here). Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the new notice.
CBP updated its contact information page for the Automotive and Aerospace Center for Excellence and Expertise, which opened Sept. 4 in Detroit. To initiate an inquiry, email CEE-Pharmaceuticals@cbp.dhs.gov or CEE-Chemicals@cbp.dhs.gov or by phone at: (646) 733-5111 Monday through Friday (8:00 am to 4:30 pm) Eastern Time. CBP recently provided similar information for other CEEs. The Pharmaceutical CEE page is (here). The Electronics CEE page is (here).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 6, 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.)