CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message stating that some preliminary periodic monthly statements were erroneously sent out of ACE on November 11, 2007 - these should be ignored. They should not have been sent until Friday, November 16, 2007. Some debit authorizations are now being rejected, and CBP is in the process of making ACS corrections to allow debit authorizations to process successfully. Rejected debit authorizations need to be retransmitted once the fix is completed in ACS, which was expected to occur no later that close of business on November 13, 2007. (Adm: 07-0253, dated 11/03/07, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2007/2007-0253.ADM.)
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1. Some Preliminary PMS Were Erroneously Sent out on Nov. 11
2. CBP Reminder on Registration for ACE Conference in San Francisco
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that time is running out to register for the next and last Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Exchange for 2007 which will be held in San Francisco, CA on November 27-29, 2007. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/28/07 news, 07092805, for earlier BP summary. See ITT's Online Archives or 11/06/07 news, 07110650 2, for BP summary of the draft agenda. (Adm: 07-0251, dated 11/09/07, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2007/2007-0251.ADM.)
3. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site
The following were recently posted to CBP's Web site:
Long Beach CBP seizes $870,000 worth of Chinese-made wearing apparel. CBP has issued a press release announcing that CBP import specialists seized a shipment of ladies cotton T-shirts with an entered domestic value of $870,000 at the port of Long Beach, CA for violation of quota/visa restrictions from China. CBP notes that the importer involved also had other shipments of wearing apparel seized, with a domestic value of approximately $2 million. CBP states that the shipment was selected for examination after analysis raised suspicion of illegal activity. Upon examination, the import specialists discovered that the contents of the shipment did not match the invoice descriptions or the stated tariff classification numbers. (CBP press release, dated 11/09/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/11092007_7.xml.)
NY/Newark CBP seizes $4.4 million of counterfeit goods early in FY 2008. CBP has issued a press release announcing that during the last 12 months, CBP officers and import specialists working in the New York and New Jersey seaports seized a record amount of counterfeit and pirated goods, a 238% increase from 2005 to 2007. In addition, during the first three weeks of fiscal year 2008, New York/Newark Seaport CBP officers and import specialists made multiple seizures of counterfeit goods, notably trademarked Yoki Sport jackets, trademarked Nike Air Jordan sneakers, and Coach, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton tote, travel, and handbags valued at $4.4 million. CBP notes that the majority of intellectual property right violations for imported goods arrive in shipments from China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. (CBP press release, dated 11/09/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/11092007_5.xml.)
Q&A on admission into the U.S. CBP has posted a set of questions and answers regarding admission into the U.S. This Q&A addresses issues including the inspection process, what happens at a port of entry, the documents that must be presented, etc. (Q&A, dated 11/02/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/legally_admitted_to_the_u_s.xml.)