In a move to beef up its security, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved creating a standalone Security Department and appointing the agency's first Chief Security Officer (CSO). The new CSO will be found via a nationwide search, the authority said following the March 29 action. The CSO will direct all elements related to agency security matters, with the Security Department assuming full operational control of the Port Authority Police Department. The announcement followed a confidential briefing by former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, whom the board retained in May 2011 to do a top-to-bottom study of the Port Authority's management of security.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s March 26, 2012 “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly March 26, 2012 “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”1
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of April 3, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
The following ACE Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) Chapters and related documents have undergone minor revisions and are posted to the CBP website.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released its March 28 Customs Bulletin. While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does list recent information collection notices, gauger notices, and recent Court of International Trade decisions.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of April 2, 2012.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of April 2, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.