CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of May 10, 2005. This report includes tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 05/10/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
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1. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of May 10, 2005
2. Various CBP Web Postings
CBP has posted the following to its Web site:
Surety Names/Codes. Surety names as listed in the Treasury Department's Listing of Approved Sureties (Department Circular 570) and their codes dated July 01, 2004. (List, dated 05/09/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/communications_to_industry/bill_payments_sanctions/surety_names_codes.ctt/surety_names_codes.doc.)
Container Security Initiative (CSI) fact sheet and list of ports. A fact sheet on CSI and an updated list of CSI ports, both of which have been updated to reflect the addition on April 28, 2005 of Shanghai, China as a CSI port (but do not yet reflect the most recent addition of Argentina to CSI). (Fact sheet, dated May 2005, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/border_security/international_activities/csi/csi_fact_sheet.ctt/csi_fact_sheet.doc and Port list available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/international_activities/csi/ports_in_csi.xml.
CSI PowerPoint Presentation. A PowerPoint presentation on CSI which discusses, among other things, the key benefits of CSI and how and why CSI works. (CSI PowerPoint presentation, dated May 5, 2005, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/border_security/international_activities/csi/csirev_1002.ctt/standard_current_generic_csi.ppt.)
Fact Sheet: CBP Securing Our Borders Inspection and Surveillance Technologies. A fact sheet that examines CBP's multiple strategies and technology employed to accomplish its goals of preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the U.S., while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel. (Fact sheet, dated 05/05/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/fact_sheet_cbp_securing.xml.)
SENTRI Lane Conversion Work to Begin. A CBP press release announcing that construction work to increase the number of lanes and to update the identification technology used in the Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI) program at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa ports of entry will begin during the week of May 9, 2005. (Press release, dated 05/09/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/05092005.xml.)
New Modified ACE EDI Messages for Release 4 - Truck Manifest. CBP has posted the following new/modified ANSI X.12 message sets (Data sets, dated 05/09/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_edi_drafts/edi_messages/ansi_message_sets//):
o Document 0 - Record of Changes in ANSI X.12 Truck Manifest Data Sets March 14, 2005
o Truck Manifest 309 Message
o Truck Manifest 358 Message
o Truck Manifest 4060 Message