U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a May 7 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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U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
The International Trade Administration published notices in the April May 8, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Foreign Trade Zones Board is issuing the following notices for May 8, 2012:
The Obama Administration voiced concern with H.R. 5326, the 2013 Commerce, Justice, and Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for reducing funding levels for several agencies, some of which are trade-related. If the President were presented with H.R. 5326, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill, a press release said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of May 7.
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled from May 7-11, 2012:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of May 4, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the European Union (EU) reached a Mutual Recognition (MR) Decision between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and the EU’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program May 4, 2012. An EU press release said the mutual recognition would begin July 1, 2012.