CBP said the second tranche for the fiscal year 2012 specialty sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) that opened Oct. 26 wasn't oversubscribed at opening moment. All entries on hold have been processed and released, said CBP
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CBP issued a guidance on removing a remote location filing (RLF) entry from an ABI statement. RLF regulations require that the broker or importer direct the payment of RLF transactions using the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) or other electronic payment authorized by CBP.
Post-entry audits of customs filings remain outside of "customs business" and therefore don't require broker licensing, said Myles Harmon, director-commercial and trade facilitation at CBP, in ruling HQ114654. The ruling was in response to a request from Koot & Associates, which asked for CBP input on the legal status of a new subsidiary providing "customs compliance services." The company asked CBP whether employees of the new offices, who will work to identify errors in entry documents using post-entry audit software, are performing "customs business."
CBP posted an updated document on the mutual recognition of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and foreign industry partnership programs. The document closely follows CBP's August version.
CBP has moved too slowly in providing guidance on changes to textile-bottomed footwear classification in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) from last year, a group of footwear trade associations said in a Oct. 26 letter to CBP Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar. The trade associations are American Apparel & Footwear Association, the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, Outdoor Industry Association and Rubber & Plastics Footwear Manufacturers Association.
CBP's Office of Information and Technology has posted an updated list of companies/persons offering ABI data processing services to the trade community.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 30. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Oct. 29. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.
CBP Seattle received one application to provide a Centralized Examination Station (CES) at the Port of Tacoma, it said in a Trade Information Notice (TIN). Comments regarding the applicant, Konoike-Pacific Tacoma Terminals, can be submitted through Nov. 28. to Area Port Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1000 2nd Ave., Suite 2100, Seattle WA 98104. The TIN includes the application and proposed CES fees.
CBP sent a CSMS message reminding Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement filers of origination requirements for preference claims. When a Korea FTA preference claim is made on an importation into the U.S., an importer must have either a certification of origin in its possession, or the claim may be based on importer knowledge that the good is an originating good, including a reasonable reliance on information in the importer’s possession, said CBP.