U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that CBP agriculture specialists and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/Plant Protection and Quarantine (APHIS/PPQ) officers intercepted two types of insects on a shipment of pine trees from Canada. The insects found were; a flea beetle, (Longitarsus sp. (Chrysomelidae)), and a white pine weevil (Pissodes Sp. (Curculionidae)). All infested and contaminated shipments with actionable pests or violations are safeguarded and transferred for appropriate re-export and/or destruction.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have issued the following news releases:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection states that with the Christmas holiday approaching, its agriculture specialists working at U.S. ports of entry are making sure that imported Christmas trees, branches, or wreaths are free from insects and pests that could harm trees in the U.S.' national forests and neighborhood backyards. CBP provides the following advice to those importing such goods:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that on November 18, 2011, the ACE CATAIR Importer/Consignee Create/Update Chapter was updated to clarify the submission of foreign postal codes in the Importer/Consignee Create/Update (TI) transaction. The updated CATAIR Chapter is available here. The 2011 CATAIR Change Record is available here.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS Message (#11-000296) providing a Spanish version of its November 2011 Trade Account Owner (TAO) Update. The English version of the TAO Update is available here. See ITT's Online Archives 11113013 for summary.
In the November 30, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 49), CBP published two notices that propose to modify one ruling and revoke two rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of play paper money and porcelain travel coffee cups.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site as of December 2, 2011, 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 posted a user guide on running Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) reports for rail and sea carriers. The guide provides information on basic functionality of the ACE Reports Tool and outlines detailed instructions on how to access available reports. Instructions address how to view standard reports, how to modify data fields within standard reports, and how to build fully customized reports from a blank slate. Additional documents on the ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea are available here.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a final rule, effective December 2, 2011, to amend CBP regulations to reflect an extension of import restrictions on certain archaeological and ethnological material from Bolivia. These restrictions, which were originally imposed by Treasury Decision 01-86 and last extended by CBP Decision 06-26, are due to expire on December 4, 2011. However, conditions continue to warrant the imposition of import restrictions. Accordingly, CBP regulations are being amended to reflect an extension of the import restrictions for an additional five years, through December 4, 2016.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have issued the following news releases: