U.S. Customs and Border Protection has newly posted the recording and presentation slides for its October 24, 2011 webinar on the ITDS Product Information Committee's draft report on the results of three pilot studies conducted to validate the business case for using e-commerce data, such as global product numbers/codes and electronic product catalogs. This webinar is part of a series of live trade webinars that CBP is hosting. Each webinar is made available for subsequent on-demand viewing online. Topics of previous webinars include ACE Courtesy Notice of Liquidation, the role of the broker, simplified entry, ACE Post Summary Corrections, etc.
This 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.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the following news releases:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted documents on changes to the Customs and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR) regarding the PGA Message Set. Specifically, changes were made to the Chapter on Participating Government Agencies (PGA), which presents records that provide data to government agencies that will participate with modernization of the automated cargo systems. Changes were also made to Appendix T, which provides codes and qualifiers for the PGA Message Set.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site as of November 16, 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 issued a CSMS message stating that as a result of the change in the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF), several ACE CATAIR documents have been updated. The following updated documents are now available on CBP's website:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota for milk and dried cream provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 8 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012 with a low-duty quantity of 3,321,300 kg.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota for cheddar cheese and cheese substitutes as provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 18 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012, with the below-listed countries having the following low-duty quantities:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of November 14, 2011.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on blue-mold cheese provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012. The below listed countries have the following low-duty access amounts: