CBP's Port of Miami has issued an Information Bulletin announcing the restructuring of the agriculture component of CBP at Miami International Airport. Miami International Airport is piloting a new Port Structure for Agriculture, which includes the creation of one Agriculture Assistant Port Director and two Agriculture Station Chiefs. Bulletin No. 10-022 (dated 07/22/10) is available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com.
CBP has issued a Unified Business Resumption Messaging message providing an update on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. According to CBP, Pensacola Pass will be closed to vessel traffic during flood tide. In addition, navigation will be restricted in Biloxi Bay near the southeastern portion of Deer Island and will be closed during flood tide and open during ebb. All other waterways are currently open with no restrictions
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that FDA has been experiencing intermittent issues affecting ACS messaging and paper notice generation since Monday, July 19, 2010. This may cause delays in the issuance of ACS messages and hard copy notices of FDA action. For messages through ACS, delays may be up to several hours. For the issuance of hard copy notices of FDA action, the delay may be a couple of days.
CBP has posted an updated list of non-vessel operating common carrier sea Automated Manifest System (AMS) participants.
The JFK Airport Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association has provided an updated JFK Airline Data Manual. The manual includes import information, charges, and export telephone numbers for 63 airlines. Manual available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com.
CBP has posted an updated version of its frequently asked questions document about the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Topics covered include:
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.)
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.”
CBP has posted a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Footwear." (See future issue of ITT for details on changes made.)
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of July 19, 2010. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs; etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics; etc.