U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Frequently Asked Questions document about the Visa Waiver Program. Topics covered include:
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; 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.
CBP has issued the following news releases:
CBP has issued a memo regarding the recently established tariff rate quotas for certain sugar and sugar containing products from Costa Rica under the DR-CAFTA. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/28/10 news, 10062809, for BP summary of the Proclamation extending/establishing TRQs for certain sugar/products from Costa Rica.)
CBP has posted the weekly foreign currency exchange rate multipliers for the week ending June 25, 2010.
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.)
CBP has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ESAR A2.2 programming issues.
CBP has posted updated versions of certain of its Excel workbooks containing historical information and fill rates for TRQs and TPLs.
CBP has posted a Revenue Division telephone directory. The directory includes names, telephone numbers and duties for all Revenue Division Employees. Also included are fax numbers, Help Desk numbers, and the mailing address for the Revenue Division.
A U.S. District Court decision has validated U.S. Customs and Border Protection Laboratories and Scientific Services' use of trace metal profiles in analyzing agricultural product for country of origin.