CBP South Florida National Targeting and Analysis Group and CBP Southwest Regional Science Center’s mobile laboratory unit teamed up with officials at the Port of Laredo to target suspect shipments of steel pipe and tubing for examination, conduct field tests, and collect samples for further analysis, the agency said in a press release. Such imports are being sold in the United States at artificially low prices that threaten domestic industry’s ability to sell locally produced steel pipe and tubing at a competitive price, it said.
A Central Examination Station operator in the Seattle area is seeking to increase its fees, according to a trade information notice from CBP Seattle. Konoike Pacific California (KPAC) notified the Seattle Port Director of its plans to increase its fees and CBP Seattle now seeks comments on the increase. The Port Director must approve such a fee increase. Comments are due Sept. 21 to CBP Seattle. Contact: Judy Staudt - (206) 553-1720. Email documents@brokerpower.com for
CBP issued a notice providing information regarding its four drawback center locations (Chicago, Houston, New York/Newark, and San Francisco). CBP's notice lists each center and provides contact information for each one.
CBP posted an updated version of questions and answers regarding requirements for consolidated monthly entries for pipeline operators and importers. CBP says merchandise transported via pipelines may be processed under the monthly consolidated entry of non-dutiable merchandise procedures as established in a Bureau of Customs Circular dated July 1, 1970 . In accordance with this circular, manifests are to be submitted daily and later consolidated to a monthly entry summary.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP will host a Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and Free and Secure Trade (FAST) seminar in El Paso, Texas for importers, manufacturers, carriers and other interested trade partners.
CBP posted an updated version of its notice announcing that the next customs broker license exam will be on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
CBP extended the comment period by 30 days to Sept. 26 on an existing information collection on user fees. CBP is proposing to extend this information collection with a change to the burden hours or information collected. The notice ran in the Federal Register Aug. 27.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP released a revised version of technical requirements for filing ocean export manifest through the Document Image System. CBP recently began expanding the DIS export manifest pilot program. CBP said in a CSMS message the revised document provides guidance on the data and technical format required by CBP on Export Manifest email submissions to DIS. Carriers should refer to official government notifications provided via formal letters and FRNs for legal guidelines. The contents of this document do not seek to supersede those guidelines. The revised document is (here).