U.S. Customs and Border Protection released its May 2 Customs Bulletin. While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does list recent information collection notices and recent Court of International Trade decisions.
Supporters of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora plan the widespread launch of a course designed specifically for Customs officers in the next few weeks. The course will be open to Customs and enforcement agencies and to the CITES community.
This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s April 30, 2012, “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly April 30, 2012 “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”1
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of May 2, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of May 1, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in the San Juan Area Port prevented drug traffickers from using commercial shipments to introduce cocaine into the U.S. in two recent seizures.
U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Area Port of Houston/Galveston released a Public Information Notice (PIN) May 1, 2012, outlining the requirements of the final expansion of the I-418 ( Passenger List/Crew List) manifest pilot program. Participating lines are no longer mandated to provide a paper copy CBP Form I-418 at:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requesting a 30-day extension of the comment period to June 1, 2012, on its request for comments on an existing information collection, the Bonded Warehouse Proprietor's Submission (CBP Form 300). CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to CBP Form 300. The request ran in the Federal Register May 2, 2012.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of April 30.