CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that recent changes to the 2007 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) records, Harmonized System (HS) Update (No. 0704) include the following:
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1. HS Update - Changes to the 2007 Harmonized Tariff Schedule Records
Changes required by the verification of the 2007 HTS; CBP will continue to verify the 2007 HTS for the remainder of the year.
CBP states that updated records are currently available to all ABI participants and can be retrieved electronically via the procedures outlined in the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR). (Adm: 07-0055, dated 02/23/07, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2007/2007-0055.ADM
2. Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of February 21, 2007
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ)/tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of February 21, 2007. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain BFTA, CAFTA-DR, JFTA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, CAFTA-DR, CBTPA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (Chile FTA) TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly TRQ/TPL commodity report, dated 02/21/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
3. New/Modified ACE EDI Messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest
CBP has posted the following new/modified ACE EDI messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest:
ANSI X.12 Message Sets:
Record of Changes in ANSI X.12 (dated 02/13/07)
Document AI (dated 01/10/07)
Truck Manifest 309 Message (dated 02/21/07)
Truck Manifest 358 Message (dated 02/21/07)
UN EDIFACT Message Sets for Standard Manifest:
Standard Truck Manifest CUSCAR Cargo Report Message (dated 02/21/07)
Standard Truck Manifest CUSREP Conveyance Report Message (dated 02/21/07)
Standard Truck Crew and Passenger PAXLST Passenger List Message (dated 02/21/07)
Customs Response Message (CUSRES) Accept/Reject (dated 02/21/07)
Customs Response Message (CUSRES) Status Notification (dated 02/21/07)
(New/modified ACE EDI messages available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/carrier_info/ace_edi_drafts/edi_messages/ansi_message_sets/rec_changes/)