CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) commodity report as of February 21, 2006. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (CFTA) 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 02/21/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
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1. Weekly TRQ Commodity Report as of February 21, 2006
2. Various Postings on CBP's Web Site
Pilot Bond Centralization. CBP has issued an administrative message announcing that as of February 13, 2006, the latest news and developments for Pilot Bond Centralization have been updated on the CBP Web site at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/communications_to_trade/pilot_program/latest_news_and_developments/(Adm: 06-0246, dated 02/17/06, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2006/2006-0246.ADM)
CBP prevents illegal export of wallabies. CBP has issued a press release announcing that on February 20, 2006 CBP officers at the Falcon Dam International Bridge in Texas stopped the illegal export of two wallabies, which are protected under the Endangered Species Act. (CBP Press Release dated 02/21/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/02212006_2.xml)
Acting CBP Commissioner dedicates CBP's new offices in New Orleans. CBP has issued a press release that states that Acting Commissioner Deborah Spero dedicated CBP's new offices in New Orleans, LA on February 14, 2006. (CBP Press Release 02/14/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/commissioner/messages/spero_neworleans.xml)
ACE on the Road. CBP has posted an updated schedule (02/23/06) of various February - April 2006 meetings, seminars, and conferences concerning a range of Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) topics. The February 23, 2006 updated schedule reflects the addition of a March 15, 2006 ACE Carrier Workshop in Langley, BC. (Updated schedule, dated 02/23/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_on_the_road.xml.)
ACE account activation process. CBP has posted an updated version of a document entitled "ACE Information for New Accounts - Account Activation Process." This document has been updated to reflect a new address for submission of the ACE Secure Data Portal Application, a revised data definition provision within the document's carrier section, etc. (Updated document, dated 02/15/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_app_info/new_accounts_final.ctt/new_accounts_final.pdf.)
Importer self-assessment annual notification. CBP has posted a revised Importer Self-Assessment (ISA) annual notification document which provides instructions for preparing the annual ISA notification letter. This document has been updated to reflect a new address to which the annual notification letter must be sent. (ISA annual notification document, dated 02/14/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/regulatory_audit_program/importer_self_assessment/isa_annual_noti_req.ctt/isa_annual_noti_req.doc.)
ISA points of contact. CBP has posted an updated list of contact names, positions, and phone numbers for the ISA program. (ISA contact list, dated 02/13/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/regulatory_audit_program/importer_self_assessment/isa_poc.xml.)