CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ)/tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of March 12, 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 03/12/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
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1. Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of March 12, 2007
2. Upcoming "ACE on the Road" Events
CBP has posted to its Web site a list of upcoming "Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) on the Road" events, as follows:
March 8, 2007 - Chula Vista, CA
e-Manifest Seminar
March 2007 - El Paso, TX
ACE e-Manifest Seminar
May 31, 2007 - Ft. Worth, TX
North America's Super Corridor Coalition Conference 2007
(CBP's event schedule, dated 03/12/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_on_the_road.xml)
3. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site
CBP has posted to its Web site the following:
ACE application updated.CBP has posted to its Web site the updated ACE application (both the "print only" and "online fillable form" versions of the application have been updated). (ACE applications, posted March 2007, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_app_info/)
Narcotics seizures grow, immigration apprehensions fall in Southern CA. CBP has issued a press release announcing that the amount of narcotics seized at ports of entry on the California-Mexico border increased substantially while the number of immigration apprehensions decreased during the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. CBP adds that the quantity of drugs seized increased 22% compared to the same three-month period the previous year and CBP officers at California ports of entry apprehended 13,129 individuals during the quarter for various immigration violations, down 18% from the previous year. (CBP press release, dated 02/21/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/022007/02212007.xml)