U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its Public Automated Commercial System FIRMS (Facilities Information and Resources Management Systems) report that is organized by port code and alphabetically by company name.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on milk (whole) and cream provided for in Chapter 4, subheading 0401.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012 with a low-duty quantity of 11,356,236 liters.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota for ice cream provided for in Chapter 21, Additional U.S. Note 5 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota on infant formula provided for in Chapter 19, Additional U.S. Note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, will open on January 3, 2012 with a low-duty quantity of 100,000 kg.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota for chocolate and low-fat chocolate crumb provided for in Chapter 18, Additional U.S. Note 3 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012.
In the November 2, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 45), CBP published a notice on its revocation of one ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of a self-propelled utility vehicle.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the November 2011 Change Log for the Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR). On October 24, 2011, new Error Codes 490 through 530, except 506 and 516, were added to Appendix L: Truck Manifest Error Codes on pages 15 - 20. Appendix L is available here.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS notice that contains the draft Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) Chapter and message set for CBP's test of the simplified entry capability in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). CBP states that it should be noted that this chapter/message set is in draft form, and it does not reflect a final document. The draft CATAIR Chapter/Message Set is available here. Sample CATAIR message is available here.
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 has posted an updated list of companies/persons offering sea Automated Manifest System data processing services to the trade community.