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.
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 memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota for butter and fresh or sour cream provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 6 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012 with a low-duty quantity of 6,977,000 kg. Imports described in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 6 are subject to agriculture licensing.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota for butter substitutes provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 14 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012 with a low-duty quantity of 6,080,500 kg. Imports described in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 14 are subject to agriculture licensing.
In the November 2, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 45), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke five rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of a light-emitting diode (LED) backlight and certain LED lamps.
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.” Note that the fiscal year 2012 commodity TRQs reopened for a new quota period on October 1, 2011, as did the TPLs for the CBTPA.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum announcing that the 2012 tariff rate quota for chocolate provided for in Chapter 18, Additional U.S. Note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 3, 2012. The aggregate low-duty quantity is 26,167,700 kg with the below-listed countries having the following minimum access amounts:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor TRQs and TPLs that are approaching their restraint limit or have filled their in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections: those that are at least 85% filled and those that are filled.