CBP has issued a Unified Business Resumption Messaging message providing an update on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. According to CBP, Pensacola Pass will be closed to vessel traffic during flood tide. In addition, navigation will be restricted in Biloxi Bay near the southeastern portion of Deer Island and will be closed during flood tide and open during ebb. All other waterways are currently open with no restrictions

CBP officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry intercepted more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana on June 30, 2010 at Bridge II. The seizure took place at the commercial import lot when a CBP officer referred a 1997 Freightliner tractor - pulling a flatbed trailer, manifesting a shipment of ceramic bricks - for secondary examination. CBP officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry discovered nearly 2,100 packages of marijuana hidden inside individual ceramic bricks.

An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued press releases with the following titles:

CBP 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.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is initiating the public scoping process for preparation of four Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements to identify and assess potential impacts upon the human environment of ongoing and potential future border security activities for the Northern Border between the U.S. and Canada. Comments are due by August 5, 2010.

CBP has posted its Excel workbook for the Tuna tariff rate quota. This Excel workbook contains 1 worksheet.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Detroit Windsor Tunnel received two new inspection booths with the completion of the first phase of construction at the facility. The expansion increases the number of available lanes from ten to eleven for traffic coming into the U.S.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued press releases with the following titles:

On June 29, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Consumer Product Safety Commission held their annual fireworks safety demonstration on the National Mall in Washington. D.C. about the dangers associated with fireworks, especially illegal explosives.Dan Baldwin, CBP Assistant Commissioner for the Office of International Trade, stated that import safety is a priority trade issue for CBP, noting that CPSC personnel are now co-located in CBP's Import Safety Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center in Washington, D.C., and CBP assists the CPSC in selectively sampling and testing shipments of imported fireworks to determine if they are compliant with the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. CPSC press release on firework safety is available here.