CBP posted a June 18 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.
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CBP posted a June update on its progress with various ACE capabilities and other projects, such as the Document Image System, PGA Message Set, e-Manifest: rail and Sea (M1), ACE Truck, Automated Export Processing etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin retroactive billing for merchandise entered between October 1 and November 4, 2011, with the increased merchandise processing fee, said CBP in a June 15 CSMS message. The billing will be done by the CBP Office of International Trade, said CBP. CBP said it began the scripting of liquidate entries last week and expects to liquidate approximately 20,000 entries per week but doesn't have an estimated completion date.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is hosting a Webinar on June 21 at 3 p.m. on updating the broker regulations (19 CFR Part 111), it said in a CSMS message June 18. The webinar will focus on broker "bona fides" and is the second of several webinars slated for the summer of 2012 as part of CBP's Role of the Broker Initiative.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requesting comments by Aug. 20 for an existing information collection concerning the Application and Approval to Manipulate, Examine, Sample, or Transfer Goods. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. The notice ran in the Federal Register June 19.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a spreadsheet showing active AD/CVD cases and the associated case numbers, ISO country codes, tariff numbers, and short descriptions of each case as of May 15 . This information alone should not be relied upon in determining whether an AD/CVD case is currently active, or whether merchandise falls under the scope of AD/CVD order, said CBP. For current AD/CVD information, consult ACE, Department of Commerce Federal Register Notices, and ADDCVD Search on CBP.gov, said CBP.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) gave their support to the World Trade Organization decision ruling against several aspects of Chinese antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. electrical steel.
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled from June 18-22: