CBP Reminds Trade of Self-Certification Requirements for Diamond Imports

CBP reminded members of the trade community that starting March 1 the agency will require self-certification statements to be uploaded to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) for non-industrial diamonds with a weight of 1.0 carat or greater, diamond jewelry and unsorted diamonds, in a CSMS message on Feb. 29. The Office of Foreign Assets Control banned Russian diamonds of those types in February to comply with an executive order signed in December that prohibits the importation of diamonds, fish and seafood if they were produced "wholly or in part" in Russia, CBP said (see 2402080081 and 2312260061).

For non-industrial diamonds, the self-certification statement will declare that the diamonds weren't mined, extracted, produced or manufactured "wholly or in part" in Russia, CBP said. For diamond jewelry and unsorted diamonds, the statement will declare that the diamonds in the shipment are not of Russian origin or weren't exported from Russia, CBP said.

The statements need to be provided on an official company letterhead in PDF format, CBP said. Only one self-certification document will be required per entry, entry summary or foreign-trade zone admission, the agency said. CBP will issue additional filing requirements once the proper enhancements are made to ACE.