CBP CSMS Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site the minutes from the February 13, 2008 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) in Tucson, AZ. (COAC meeting minutes, posted 04/07/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/coac/meetings/coac_final.ctt/coac_final.doc.)
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1. February 13, 2008 COAC Meeting Minutes Posted
2. Proposed 2008 Quarterly Meeting Schedule of COAC
CBP has posted to its Web site the proposed 2008 meeting schedule of COAC. The tentative schedule for the remainder of 2008 is as follows: May 9, 2008 (Washington, DC), August 7, 2008 (Seattle, WA), and November 20, 2008 (Washington, DC). (COAC tentative schedule, posted 04/07/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/coac/meetings/quarterly_meeting.ctt/quarterly_meeting.doc.)
3. Results of April 1, 2008 Opening of Peanut TRQs
CBP has posted a notice which states that the tariff-rate quotas for peanuts from Argentina and other countries, provided for in HTS Chapter 12, Additional U.S. Note 2, which opened on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 did not oversubscribe at opening. Therefore, all entries presented at opening have been charged and may be released. (QBT-08-512, dated 04/04/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2008/08_512.ctt/08_512.pdf.)
4. ADE Now Available to Importer/Broker ACE Portal Accounts
CBP has posted a notice announcing that ACE Secure Data Portal account holders are now able to download large volumes of account data, import it into a local reporting system and generate reports tailored to their companies' reporting software with the authorized data extract (formerly known as bulk data download). CBP states that all cargo entry, cargo exam, entry summary, entry summary compliance and account revenue reports are now available for an importer or broker Trade Account Owner (TAO) and Proxy Trade Account Owner to request via the authorized data extract feature. (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/07/08 news, 08040710, for BP summary of a recent CBP CSMS message on ADE.) (CBP notice, posted 04/07/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/whats_new/ace_data.xml.)
5. FDA's OASIS and PNSI Systems Now Available
CBP has issued an ABI CSMS message announcing that the Food and Drug Administration's Operational and Administrative System for Import Support (OASIS) and Prior Notice System Interface (PNSI) systems were both down from approximately 3:30 p.m. until midnight on April 7, 2008. According to CBP, both systems are now available. CBP states that filers may once again use ABI or PNSI to obtain Prior Notice confirmation numbers for entries. (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/08/08 news, 08040840, for BP summary on this outage.) (CSMS 08-000049, dated 04/08/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17056&page=&srch_argv=08-000049&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby=.)
6. CBP Posts TRQ Fill Rates for Mandarin Oranges
CBP has posted to its Web site an Excel spreadsheet indicating that the 2008 TRQ for mandarin oranges filled on April 3, 2008 at 11:56. The spreadsheet also shows annual fill rates since 1990. (Spreadsheet, posted 04/07/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/quotatariff_fill_rates/mandarin_oranges.ctt/mandarin_oranges.xls.)
7. Other CBP Postings and Messages
The following have also been issued by CBP:
CBP Officials Tour Secure Border Innovations Lab. CBP Commissioner Basham, Deputy Commissioner Ahern and other CBP officials today toured the Boeing Company's mission operations areas in Arlington, VA which are developing and testing technological tools to provide border security innovation as part of the Secure Border Initiative's SBInet. (Press release, dated 04/04/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/highlights/border_innovations_lab.xml.)