U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that it is delaying the deployment of enhanced ACE capabilities related to Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR) that was scheduled for October 3, 2010.
In the September 29, 2010 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 44, No. 40), CBP published notices that revoke four rulings in order to correctly classify the products described below.
CBP's Port of Chicago has issued a Pipeline providing guidelines for preparing Single Transaction Bonds (STBs). According to the Port, it conducted a review of consumption entries submitted with STBs that showed the its bond guidelines (as set forth in Chicago Pipeline 00-08) are not being followed.
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.)
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 posted the U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter for September 23 - 29, 2010. The Blotter provides information on Border Patrol activities during the specified week.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requesting comments on an information collection regarding CBP Form 7512, Transportation Entry and Manifest of Goods Subject to CBP Inspection and Permit, and Form 7512A, Continuation Sheet, which allow CBP to exercise proper control over merchandise moving in-bond (merchandise that has not entered the commerce of the U.S.). CBP will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments are due by November 1, 2010.
The Office of Personnel Management has issued a proposed rule to amend its regulations to reflect changes in the retirement benefits available to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in order to establish mandatory retirement of officers at age 57, among other things. Comments are due by November 1, 2010.
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that San Francisco’s Air Cargo Building voicemail system is now operational. On September 24, 2010, CBP announced that the voicemail system was not working. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/28/10 news, 10092808, for BP summary announcing the system was not working.)
CBP has issued a CSMS stating that it has completed the programming change necessary to reflect the extension of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act that was signed into law in May 2010.