This weekly summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” The report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requesting comments on an information collection requirement concerning the declaration of compliance under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006. Comments are due by January 3, 2011.
CBP has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor TRQs and TPLs that are approaching their restraint limit or have filled their in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections: those that are at least 85% filled and those that are filled.
CBP has issued an Importation Advisory stating that mandarin oranges from Canada are banned from import into the U.S. A CBP official stated that CBP typically sees an influx of Christmas Oranges around the holiday season and when Canadian citizens’ travel to southern states for the winter, and the agency wanted to get the word out that these products are prohibited from being imported into the U.S.
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of November 1, 2010.
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.
CBP has posted an updated list of non-vessel operating common carrier sea Automated Manifest System (AMS) participants.
CBP has issued the following news releases:
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 available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)
CBP has issued a memorandum announcing a special import quota of 15,105,052 kg for upland cotton that is provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter III, U.S. Note 6 and is entered under HTS 9903.52.10. (CBP notes that this quantity is not subject to the TRQs in Chapter 52 Additional U.S. Notes 5 through 10.)