CBP posted an importation advisory saying mandarin or “Christmas” oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, and pomelos are banned from non-commercial import into the U.S. “Typically we see an influx of “Christmas Oranges” around the holiday season, and when Canadian citizens travel to southern states for the winter,” said Great Falls Area Port Director Daniel Escobedo in a press release.
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Several government officials involved in trade will speak at the U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) annual conference Jan. 9 in New York, the association said in a press release. CBP Assistant Commissioner Al Gina will provide the lunch keynote, while Consumer Products Safety Commissioner Nancy Nord will do the regulatory issues keynote, said USA-ITA. Additional speakers include Kim Glas, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles and Apparel at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and John Leonard, Acting Executive Director of Trade Policy & Programs at CBP.
The recent list of accomplishments as part of the U.S.-Canada "Beyond the Border" action plan points to good work by both governments in improving trade processing between the countries, said the Express Association of America (EAA) in a statement. “The progress we see on implementing the Beyond the Border Action Plan is very encouraging,” said Michael Mullen, Executive Director of the EAA. “The agreement has very ambitious deadlines for establishing new trade facilitation measures, but both Governments are fully engaged in meeting the targets."
The two customs reauthorization bills recently introduced in the House would both make several changes to the process and rules governing drawback, including a revision to the formula for calculating the drawback amount.
CBP posted a Dec. 17 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP issued a memorandum saying the 2013 preliminary low-duty tariff rate quota limit for tuna and skipjack, in airtight containers, not in oil, in containers, weighing with their contents not over 7 kg each, is 15,843,092 kg.
CBP's Office of Information and Technology has posted an updated list of companies/persons offering ABI data processing services to the trade community.
House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) is now free of cancer following chemotherapy treatments for non-Hodgkins large B-cell lymphoma, his office said in a press release.
CBP issued a memorandum announcing that the 2013 tariff rate quota for milk and cream, fluid or frozen, fresh or sour, provided for in Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 5 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will open on January 2, 2013 with a low-duty quantity of 6,694,840 liters.