CBP is expanding its Importer Self-Assessment (ISA) program to allow importers that have gone through other stringent government reviews to take advantage of the program, according to an Oct. 5 Federal Register notice. The agency will now allow companies that have gone through a CBP Focused Assessment (FA) audit to take part in ISA without additional reviews. The change formalizes an informal and not widely known practice that CBP has had over the last couple of years, said an industry executive.
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Timothy Warren is Executive Managing Editor of Communications Daily. He previously led the International Trade Today editorial team from the time it was purchased by Warren Communications News in 2012 through the launch of Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. Tim is a 2005 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids.
CBP posted a set of frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the use of in-bond within e-Manifest: Rail & Sea (M1). As of Oct. 1, M1 is the only electronic means to provide CBP advance ocean and rail manifest information.
CBP will hold imported foods seminars on Nov. 14 in Brooklyn, NY, and Nov. 15 in Queens, NY, the agency said in a CSMS message.
CBP seized $1.6 million worth of marijuana found within a shipment of farm equipment and commercial-sized spools of wire, the agency said. A Mexican citizen was attempting to deliver the goods through the Nogales Commercial Facility and was selected for a secondary inspection of his cargo, the agency said. The truck shipment was inspected using a non-intrusive x-ray that revealed irregularities within the spools, prompting an off- load of the wire for further inspection, said CBP. Officers then drilled into the spools and found each contained metal boxes filled with a total of nearly 3,300 pounds of marijuana. The contraband, tractor-trailer and equipment were processed for seizure and the driver was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, said CBP.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
New lobbyist registrations on trade issues include:
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 11 and Sept. 27. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
CBP said the Port of Seattle's downtown location is now able to receive calls and email following an internal network disruption. CBP Seattle Client Representatives are available at (206) 553-5228.
CBP posted a version of its informed compliance publication entitled, "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Fasteners of Heading 7318." According to the document, it was reviewed with no changes in April 2012.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues: