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CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the following 2008 new/modified ACE EDI messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest:

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1. 2008 New/Modified ACE EDI Messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest

ANSI X.12 Message Sets

Truck Manifest 355 Message

Truck Manifest 350 Message

UN EDIFACT Message Sets for Standard Manifest

Customs Response Message (CUSRES) Accept/Reject

CUSRES Status Notification

(CBP notes that some of these changes are related to an ACE e-Manifest update that was deployed on February 2, 2008. See ITT's Online Archives or 01/31/08 news, 08013105, for BP summary.)

(New/modified ACE EDI messages available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/carrier_info/etruck_tech_info/ace_edi_drafts/edi_messages/)

2. March 6 Opening of 180-Day Special Import Quota for Upland Cotton

CBP has posted a notice announcing a special limited global import quota of 89,263,986 kg for upland cotton that is provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter III, U.S. Note 6 and is entered under HTS 9903.52.01. (CBP notes that this quantity is not subject to the tariff-rate quotas in Chapter 52 Additional U.S. Notes 5 through 10.)

The quota period is March 6, 2008 through June 3, 2008; to be counted under this quota, the cotton must be imported during this period. The opening date is March 6, 2008.

(QBT-08-507, posted 03/06/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2008/08_507.ctt/08_507.pdf)

3. 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.)