CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.

1. NAFTA Rules of Origin Modifications for Certain Boxer Shorts from Mexico

Specifically, the tariff classification rules (TCRs) in HTS General 12(t) were modified by adding a new subheading rule to TCR 32 for HTS Chapter 62 and by dividing the then current TCR 32 for HTS Chapter 62 into TCR 32, 32A, 32B, and 32C.

Note that CBP states that no special provisions have been made for goods that have been liquidated and are beyond the protest period; therefore, no refund of duty is available for those goods that are beyond the protest period.

(See ITT's Online Archives or 08/03/07 news, 07080310, for most recent BP summary on these modifications.) (TBT-07-015, dated 08/16/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/tbts/tbt2007/tbt_07_015.ctt/tbt_07_015.doc)

2. Additional Folklore Article from Mali Eligible for AGOA Duty-Free Treatment

CBP has posted to its Web site a notice regarding Mali's eligibility for duty-free treatment under the "handloomed, handmade, folklore articles, or ethnic printed fabrics" provision of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for certain additional textile and apparel goods - Bogolan (Mudcloth) bags. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/17/07 news, 07081720, for BP summary of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) notice announcing Mali's eligibility for such benefits effective August 27, 2007.) (TBT-07-017, dated 08/17/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/tbts/tbt2007/tbt_07_017.ctt/tbt_07_017.doc)

3. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site

The following have recently been posted to CBP's Web site:

ACE fact sheet on initial ESAR A1 features. CBP has posted an Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) fact sheet on the initial Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1 features. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/27/07 news, 07082705, for BP summary announcing that the deployment of A1 has been delayed until September 2007.) (ESAR A1 fact sheet, dated August 2007, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/trade/ace_factsheets/esar_cbp_factsht.ctt/esar_cbp_factsht.pdf)

Certain weekly foreign currency exchange rate multipliers posted. CBP has posted the weekly foreign currency exchange rate multipliers for the weeks ending 08/17/07, 08/10/07, 08/03/07, 07/27/07, 07/20/07, 07/13/07, and 07/06/07. (Exchange rate multipliers available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/duty_rates/week_for_curate/)

2,805 pounds of marijuana hidden in commercial truck seized. CBP has issued a news release announcing that CBP officers at the Bridge of the Americas commercial cargo facility in El Paso, Texas seized 2,805 pounds of marijuana concealed in a false wall of a tractor-trailer. (News release, dated 08/23/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/08232007_2.xml)

CBP intercepts scales insect. According to a CBP news release, a CBP agriculture specialist in Blaine, Washington intercepted a species of scales insect never seen in the U.S. that could have caused serious damage to U.S. agriculture. (News release, dated 08/24/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/08242007_3.xml)

CBP stops flowers with White Rust. CBP has issued a news release stating that CBP agriculture specialists at John F. Kennedy International Airport intercepted a shipment containing chrysanthemums affected by Chrysanthemum White Rust (Puccinia horiana). (News release, dated 08/22/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/08222007.xml)

NEXUS expands to airports in Calgary, Winnipeg. CBP has issued a news release announcing that NEXUS automated self-serve kiosks and enrollment centers are now operational at the Calgary and Winnipeg International Airports in Canada. (News release, dated 08/24/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/08242007.xml)