CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of October 22, 2007. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA 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 10/22/07, 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 October 22, 2007
2. CBP Issues CATAIR Amendment 19 (October 2007)
CBP has posted to its Web site Amendment 19, dated October 2007, to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document. According to CBP, the CATAIR has been amended as follows:
Entry Summary
Record Identifier 50 (Input) - Note 4 -Administrative Message Number 05-0118 in Code AU was corrected to Administrative Message Number 05-0018
Record Identifier 52 (Input) - Note 1 -new Code 12 was added
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
Record Identifier V2 (Output) - Note 1 -new Code 12 was added
Record Identifier W2 (Output) - Note 1 -new Code 12 was added
(List of Amendment 19 changes to the CATAIR available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/operations_support/automated_systems/abi/catair/changes/change_19_2007.ctt/change_19_2007.doc)
3. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site
The following have been posted to CBP's Web site:
ACE tops $1 billion in monthly duty collection. CBP has issued a press release announcing that a record $1.04 billion in duties and fees was collected in September by CBP through the Automated Commercial Environment monthly statement and payment feature - Periodic Monthly Statement. (Press release, dated 10/22/07) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/10222007_6.xml)
CBP seizes more than $1 million in China apparel. According to a CBP press release, officers seized three shipments of more than 2,500 cartons of wearing apparel valued at approximately $1 million at the Port of Newark, NJ for being in violation of a U.S.-China memorandum of understanding - the goods were illegally transshipped in an effort to circumvent textile trade laws and regulations. (Press release, dated 10/22/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/10222007.xml)
ESAR information posted. CBP has posted a document entitled, "ESAR Exchange," which provides information on Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1 and A2. (Info, dated August/September 2007, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/whats_new/aug_sept_exc.ctt/aug_sept_exc.pdf)
Weekly foreign currency exchange rate multipliers posted. CBP has posted the weekly foreign currency exchange rate multipliers for the week ending 10/12/07. (Exchange rate multipliers, posted 10/22/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/duty_rates/week_for_currate/weekending101207.ctt/weekending101207.doc)
4. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
The antidumping and countervailing messages U.S. Customs Border and Protection issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.
An overview of a number of recent AD/CV messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, are provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)