Customs' Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc.

1. Additional Answers to Question Cards Submitted at CBP Trade Symposium

Trade partnership benefits. A question submitted to CBP asking if it would consider requiring additional data from non-C-TPAT members, who are by definition higher risk, instead of requiring more commercial data for C-TPAT members and trying to create additional benefits, which are finite

(CBP answers that it is currently analyzing commercial data which presently exists throughout the international supply chain, which may assist CBP in targeting efforts. No decision has been made at this time as to which data elements would be required by all importers, the timeframes involved, the transmission avenue, and similar issues.)

WCO framework. A question submitted to an IBM representative on how IBM plans to implement the WCO framework with its vendors

WCO framework. A question submitted asking what criteria IBM used when they identified their top 20 countries that were most critical to IBM"s asset based supply chain.

Updated answers to question cards submitted at CBP Trade Symposium, Nov 2-4, 2005 (posting date of 03/14/06), available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/communications_to_trade/trade_2005/answers_qcards.ctt/answers_qcards.doc

2. Weekly TRQ Commodity Report as of March 20, 2006

CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) commodity report as of March 20, 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 03/20/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)

3. Various CBP Postings

CBP has also posted or made available the following:

CBP's Find an Answer, Ask a Question. Search CBP's list of questions and answers to queries involving duty rates, C-TPAT, bringing food into the U.S., etc. Available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/questions/

ACE e-Manifest: trucks deployment map. A map of the continental U.S. which identifies which cities and towns, in the listed states are deployed for e-Manifest or are soon to be deployed (current as of March 8, 2006), (posting date of 03/14/06) available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_deploy_map.ctt/ace_deploy_map.ppt

ACE e-Manifest: Trucks brochure (English and Spanish). Posted brochures on ACE e-manifest for truck carriers, (posting date of 03/14/06) available at (English) http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/electronic_truck_manifest_info/ace_emanifest_brochure_eng.ctt/ace_emanifest_brochure_eng.pdf ; and (Spanish) http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/electronic_truck_manifest_info/emanifest_spanish_brochure.ctt/emanifest_spanish_brochure.pdf

CSI Fact Sheet. A March 2006 Fact Sheet on the Container Security Initiative (CSI), available at (posting date of 03/09/06) http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/border_security/international_activities/csi/csi_fact_sheet.ctt/csi_fact_sheet.doc

CSI Operational Ports. A listing, dated March 9, 2006 of currently operational CSI ports, (posting date of 03/09/06) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/international_activities/csi/ports_in_csi.xml

Securing U.S. ports. Newsroom fact sheet entitled Securing U.S. ports, updated as of March 14, 2006. Among other things, information on Dubai Ports World has been deleted. (Updated 03/14/06), available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/trade/securing_us_ports.xml

CBP requirements for traveling into Mexico. Information on the required entry documentation, prohibited/permissible items, prohibited/permissible agricultural items, and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Dated March 14, 2006, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/alerts/travel_alerts/cbp_reqs_mexico.xml

4. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions

CBP has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.

(The CBP messages marked with an * cover much of the same information as the ITA notices; however, CBP's messages often list the 10-character case number specific to each listed company(s). ITA notices only list the 7-character master case number. In addition, sometimes the master case number for CBP purposes (in parentheses, below, where applicable) differs from the ITA master case number.)

The administrative messages listed above are availablefrom http://www.brokerpower.net/admin_messages/ (and can be searched by message number, country, product, etc.).