CBP posted a version of its informed compliance publication entitled, "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Buttons, Snap-Fasteners, Slide Fasteners and Similar Articles." According to the document, it was reviewed with no changes in April 2012.
Tim Warren
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 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 provided descriptions of the various reports included in each of the ACE public folders. The descriptions were included in CBP's September ACE Trade Account Owner update. CBP said entry summary filing in ACE has grown from 1% to nearly 11% during fiscal year 2012.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP released its Trade Newsletter for the 2012 fourth quarter. The newsletter provides an update on several of the agency's efforts, including AD/CVD enforcement, new tools for finding counterfeit merchandise and recent work with the Border Interagency Executive Council
CBP is extending the comment period by 30 days, to Nov. 1, on an existing information collection concerning applications for CBP security IDs. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. A notice of the comment period extension ran in the Federal Register Oct. 2. The original request for comments ran in the Federal Register July 20.
CBP is extending the comment period to Nov. 1 for an existing information collection concerning the Crew Member's Declaration. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. The comment period extension ran in the Federal Register Oct. 2. The first request for comments ran in the Federal Register July 11.
CBP issued a memo outlining the tariff preference level for certain apparel from Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) beneficiary countries (currently only Ecuador).
CBP is requesting comments by Dec. 3 for an existing information collection concerning deferral of duty on large yachts imported for sale. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with a change to the burden hours or to the information collected. The notice ran in the Federal Register Oct. 2.
CBP received no comments on proposed ruling revocations and modification in the Aug. 29 bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 36), said a CBP spokesman. Comments were due Sept. 28 on the three notices proposing to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of chili powder blends, bearings and housings, tobacco wrappers.