CBP has posted an updated version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) - an electronic query report for CF 1400 of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP has also posted an updated CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) - an electronic query report for CF 1401 of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.

Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels¹ from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the low-duty tariff preference level (1) for Mexico is currently "on hold."

CBP has issued the following news releases:

CBP's Port of Miami has issued an Information Bulletin announcing that it will hold an outreach seminar concerning safeguarding procedures of regulated agricultural commodities transiting the U.S. The seminar will be held on June 9, 2010. (Miami Bulletin #10-018, dated 05/13/10 available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com)

An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its trade outreach webinar schedule, as follows:

At the May 11, 2010 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), COAC adopted the recommendations of its Importer Security Filing Subcommittee regarding finality of the ISF transaction; improvements to the ISF progress reports for Tier 2/3 C-TPAT members; and continuing ISF outreach in 2010. The recommendations have been submitted to CBP for its consideration.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a final determination (HQ H082476) that the U.S. is the country of origin for certain Commodity-based Clustered Storage (ICS) Units¹ for U.S. government procurement purposes.

CBP has posted the U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter for May 6 - 12, 2010. The Blotter provides information on Border Patrol activities during the specified week.(Blotter, posted 05/13/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/weekly_blotter/0506_0512.xml)