In the May 16, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No.21), CBP published a notice of its modification of rulings and revocation of treatment regarding the tariff classification of certain lighting fixtures.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of May 29.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a May 21 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a clarification for M1 carriers using the in-bond authorization functionality in ACE. T

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it will cancel a continuous bond where the liability was calculated pursuant to enhanced bonding requirements (EBR bond) upon its acceptance of a qualified superseding (replacement) bond application for all importers who were not litigants in any of the National Fisheries Institute, Inc. (NFI) v. CBP court cases at the Court of International Trade.

In the May 16, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No.21), CBP published two notices of its revocation and/or modification of its rulings and treatment regarding the tariff classification of air fresheners and certain gas generators

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it is aware that ABI filers are receiving "Docs Req'd" messages on entry summaries that normally would get a "paperless" response. CBP said it is working on the issue.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a CSMS message announcing the issuance of Harmonized System Update 1206 on changes to the 2012 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). This update contains 13,572 ABI records and 2,681 harmonized tariff records.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a spreadsheet showing active AD/CVD cases and the associated case numbers, ISO country codes, tariff numbers, and short descriptions of each case as of May 15, 2012 . This information alone should not be relied upon in determining whether an AD/CVD case is currently active, or whether merchandise falls under the scope of AD/CVD order, said CBP. For current AD/CVD information, consult ACE, Department of Commerce Federal Register Notices, and ADDCVD Search on CBP.gov, said CBP.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues: