CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice stating that the tariff rate quota (TRQ) for peanuts from Argentina and Other Countries, provided for in HTS Chapter 12, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 2, which opened on Monday, April 2, 2007, did not oversubscribe at opening. Therefore, all entries presented at opening have been charged and may be released. (QBT-07-526, dated 04/04/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2007/07_526.ctt/07_526.doc)
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1. Peanut TRQ Did Not Oversubscribe at Opening
2. Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of April 9, 2007
CBP has issued its weekly TRQ/tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of April 9, 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 04/09/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
- April 12 Opening of 180-Day Special Import Quota for Upland Cotton (Announcement Number 41)
CBP has posted to its Web site a notice announcing a "weekly" special import quota of 21,253,330 kg for upland cotton purchased not later than July 10, 2007 and entered under HTS 9903.52.41. The quota period is April 12, 2007 through October 8, 2007; the opening date is April 12, 2007.
According to CBP, the use of the "special import quota" is at the importer's option and the TRQ quantity is not subject to the TRQs in HTS Chapter 52 AUSNs 5 through 10. CBP has previously stated that these 180-day quotas are established pursuant to a 1991 Presidential Proclamation, are "triggered" by high C.I.F Northern European cotton prices, and are provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter III, U.S. Note 6. (See notice for special instructions concerning the requirement for an original foreign government certificate and a certification by the importer.) (QBT-07-527, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2007/07_527.ctt/07_527.doc)
4. 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:
April 10, 2007 - El Paso, TX
ACE e-Manifest: Truck Seminar
April 12, 2007 - El Paso, TX
ACE e-Manifest: Truck Seminar
April 16, 2007 - Buffalo, NY
ACE e-Manifest: Truck Seminar
April 17, 2007 - Buffalo, NY
ACE e-Manifest: Truck Seminar
April 19, 2007 - Champlain, NY
ACE e-Manifest: Truck Seminar
April 24, 2007 - Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
ACE e-Manifest: Truck Seminar
April 25, 2007 - Missassauga, Ontario, Canada
ACE e-Manifest: Truck Seminar
May 21-23, 20071 - Laredo, TX
ACE Exchange IV Conference
May 31, 2007 - Ft. Worth, TX
North America's Super Corridor Coalition Conference 2007
June 4-6, 2007 - Buffalo, NY
ACE Exchange V Conference
(See ITT's Online Archives or 04/04/07 news, 07040405, for BP summary announcing the ACE Exchange IV and V.)
1 CBP's "ACE on the Road" schedule incorrectly lists the dates of the ACE Exchange IV conference as May 22-24, 2007.
(CBP's event schedule, dated 04/09/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_on_the_road.xml)
5. CBP Corrects HTS Number Listed in DR-CAFTA Commercial Availability Designations
CBP has issued two memoranda correcting the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number listed in two earlier memos on U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) Commercial Availability determinations. CBP is changing the previously provided HTS number "5515.11.10" to read "5515.11.00." (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/12/07 news, 07031230 2 and 3, for BP summaries of CBP's previous memos, which provide the correct HTS number.) (TBT-07-004-01 and TBT-07-005-01, dated 04/05/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/tbts/tbt2007/tbt_07_004_01.ctt/tbt_07_004_01.doc and http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/tbts/tbt2007/tbt_07_005_01.ctt/tbt_07_005_01.doc)
6. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site
CBP has recently posted the following to its Web site:
Information bulletins for New York ACE e-Manifest seminars.CBP has posted two information bulletins providing details on the April 16 and 17, 2007 ACE e-Manifest: Truck seminars in Buffalo, NY and the April 19, 2007 ACE e-Manifest: Truck seminar in Champlain, NY. According to CBP, these meetings will specifically address the implementation of mandatory e-Manifest: Truck which will begin on May 24, 2007 in the states of New York and Michigan. (Info. bulletins, posted 04/05/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace/reports_briefings_events/info_bulletins/)
FAP online question submission form.CBP has posted a focused assessment program (FAP) online question submission form. (Submission form available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/reg_audit/focused_assessment/fapquestionsform.xml)
First "model port" launched in Houston. CBP has issued a press release announcing that yearlong efforts to establish products and processes to make international travel into the U.S. more welcoming has resulted in Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport becoming the nation's first "model port" of entry. The model port provides improved signage, multi-lingual explanatory videos and modernized procedures that are expected to ease the process of arriving in the U.S. (CBP press release, dated 04/04/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/04042007_2.xml)