On January 31, 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued CSMS message #12-000027 announcing that it was aware of issues preventing the successful logon to the ACE Reports portal (i.e., the ACE Reports subsystem). CBP immediately issued (perhaps prematurely) and then rescinded CSMS #12-00028 (the message stated that the issue had been resolved and ACE reports could be generated). On February 1, 2012, CBP issued CSMS #12-000032 that states that the problem preventing the successful logon to the ACE Reports portal (i.e., the ACE Reports subsystem) is resolved and that ACE reports can now be generated. CSMS #12-000027 available here. CSMS #12-000032 available here.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requesting comments by March 26, 2012 on an existing information collection on Importers of Merchandise Subject to Actual Use Provisions. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of January 31, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. These messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the following news releases related to commercial trade and related issues:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a January 26, 2012 notice on the modifications to HTS Chapter 17 that will occur on February 3, 2012 to separate the classification of non-centrifugal sugar such as panella, from other (centrifugal) raw cane sugars. CBP notes that non-centrifugal sugar must have a polarity of 69 degrees or more, but less than 93 degrees. See notice (QBT-12-504) for list of changed HTS sugar lines and the new raw sugar HTS lines.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a summary of changes for the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) that were effective on January 6 and 19, 2012 for the following, respectively:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the weekly foreign currency exchange rate multipliers for the week ending January 27, 2012.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted changes made to the Customs and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR) since December 15, 2011. Changes were made to the chapter on Cargo/Manifest Status Query, which provides record formats that allow entry processing results, bills of lading, and in-bonds to be queried. Specifically, edits were made to Codes 53 and 56 of Note 1 for Record Identifier R5 (Output). Change document is available here. CATAIR Cargo/Manifest Status Query chapter is available here. Download all sections of the CATAIR ABI User Requirements here.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the following news releases related to commercial trade and related issues:
In the January 25, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 5), CBP issued a notice announcing that it has granted "Lever-Rule" protection1 to Liberty Gold Food Co., Inc.'s "Ligo" trademark for canned sardines that are intended for sale in the U.S.