CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message reminding the trade community that it now allows brokers with Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal accounts to pay duties and fees on a monthly statement for all of their importer clients and that importers are no longer required to establish an ACE account to participate in the periodic monthly statement (PMS) program. Instead, importers may now establish Non-portal accounts, which is automatic for those that are C-TPAT participants. CBP adds that it is simple and free for a broker to establish an ACE account, and comes with many other benefits, such as broker and importer statements, multiple financial reports, etc. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/25/05 news, 05102505, for BP summary of CBP general notice announcing these changes to Periodic Monthly Statement.) (ABI message 05-1370, dated 12/01/05, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-1370.ADM.)
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1. CBP Reminder that Brokers with ACE Accounts Can Pays Duties and Fees on a Monthly Basis for All of Their Importer Clients
2. 2006 TRQ on Chocolate Opens January 3, 2006
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2006 "low-duty" tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on chocolate provided for in HTS Chapter 18, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 2, will open on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones. The aggregate low-duty quantity is 26,167,700 kg and the below-listed countries have the following minimum access amounts:
| Ireland | 4,286,491 kg |
| United Kingdom | 3,379,297 kg |
| Netherlands | 45,359 kg |
(See CBP notice for list of applicable HTS numbers as well as special instructions on (i) low-duty exclusions for Mexico, (ii) minimum access amounts, and (iii) high-duty reporting instructions for Canada, Mexico, Jordan, Singapore, Chile, and Australia.) (QBT-05-565, dated 12/07/05, available at http://www.customs.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_565.ctt/05_565.doc.)
3. 2006 TRQ on Chocolate and Low-Fat Chocolate Crumb Opens Jan. 3, 2006
CBP has announced that the 2006 "low-duty" TRQ on chocolate and low-fat chocolate crumb provided for in HTS Chapter 18, AUSN 3, will open on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 12:00 noon, E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones. The aggregate low-duty quantity is 2,122,834 kg and the below-listed countries have the following minimum access amounts:
| Ireland | 1,700,988 kg |
| United Kingdom | 421,845 kg |
| New Zealand | 1 kg |
(See CBP notice for list of applicable HTS numbers as well as special instructions on (i) low-duty exclusions for Mexico, (ii) minimum access amounts, and (iii) high-duty reporting instructions for Canada, Mexico, Jordan, Singapore, Chile, and Australia.) (QBT-05-563, dated 12/07/05, available at http://www.customs.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_563.ctt/05_563.doc.)