U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that a data communications problem at the CBP Data Center is currently affecting some trade partners (ABI and EDI data for all FAST truck manifests and other ACE truck manifests). CBP will provide an update as additional information becomes available. (CSMS #12-000097, dated 03/20/12)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that the CBP Network is experiencing intermittent connectivity issues affecting Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections to the CBP Mainframe environment. CBP will issue a message when this issue has been resolved. (CSMS #12-000098, dated 03/20/12)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice stating that if Ocean Manifest Users are not yet filing their ocean manifest data via ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea, nor testing to become certified, it's now time to take action.
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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of March 19, 2012.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted instructions and information on how to obtain a replacement of a previously issued refund check for those who have recently received a letter from the agency indicating that a CBP issued refund was returned to the U.S. Treasury as undeliverable and was canceled. CBP's instructions provide information on how to update an address with CBP, as well as how to receive a replacement check through Automated Clearinghouse (ACH).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated summary of changes for the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR). Most recently, the following changes to Appendix A on Commodity Response Filing Messages have been posted.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced the 300,000 kilogram tariff rate quota and subsequent higher duty TRQs for certain dairy goods of Korea under the terms of General Note 33, as described in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter XX, U.S. Note 1. The 2012 quota period is March 15, 2012 - December 31, 2012.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues: