CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
CBP has posted Amendment 29 to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document. According to CBP, the CATAIR has been amended as follows:
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1. CATAIR Amendment 29 Posted
Updated to reflect a new zip code for CBP located in Springfield, Virginia.
Requirement for mailing a copy of the Letter of Intent to CBP Headquarters was removed.
Updated to reflect a new zip code for CBP located in Springfield, Virginia.
Appendix O - Food and Drug Affirmation of Compliance
Codes were updated.
Updated to reflect a new zip code for CBP located in Springfield, Virginia.
(Amendment 29, dated November 2008, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/abi/catair/changes/change_29.ctt/change_29.doc)
2. CBP Posts CAMIR-Intermodal Amendment 17
CBP posted Amendment 17 to the Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR)-Intermodal. According to CBP, the CAMIR-Intermodal was amended as follows:
New Stowage Plan Response from CBP chapter added.
Record Identifier ACR - Added new Application Identifier "BR" to Note 1.
Input to Customs and Border Protection
Record Identifier C01 - Note 2 moved to a new Appendix M.
Record Identifier D00 - In introduction paragraph, changed "11" to "10" positions. Changed length/class and position of data element "Harmonized Number" from "11N" to "10N". Added new "Filler" data element in position 14.
Stowage Plan Response from CBP
New chapter added.
New Appendix M added.
New data elements added from new chapter added.
Appendix M - Container/Equipment Type Codes
New appendix.
(Amendment 17, dated November 2008, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/ams/camir_intermodal/changes/change_17.ctt/change_17.doc)
3. Various ACE Documents Posted
CBP has posted the following Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) documents:
Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) Overview Presentation
ACE Reports Overview Presentation
Review of e-Manifest: Trucks Presentation
"Topic" Document on How to Participate in PMS
"Topic" Document on ACE Initial Account Access
(Documents, posted 11/19/08, hyperlinks)
4. Revised ICPs on Internal Combustion Piston Engines, Turbojets, Etc.
CBP has posted a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Internal Combustion Piston Engines." CBP has also posted a revised version of its ICP entitled " What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Turbojets, Turbopropellers and Other Gas Turbines, (HTSUS 8411) and Parts Thereof." (See future issue of ITT for details.) (ICPs, posted 11/19/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/legal/informed_compliance_pubs/)
5. Updated TRQ/TPL "Threshold to Fill" List
CBP has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor tariff rate quotas and tariff preference levels that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low duty) rate. The list is divided into two sections - quotas that are at least 85% filled and quotas that are closed. (List, posted 11/24/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)
6. ACE Account Holders Can Modify/Create Their Own Reports
CBP has issued a notice stating that it previously deployed the second phase of Ad Hoc Reporting, which allows importers, brokers, carriers and sureties with an ACE portal account to customize all available reports, including account management, account profile and transactions. The expansion of Ad Hoc Reporting also allows account holders to design detailed reports from a blank slate and tailor them to fit their individual business needs. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/09/08 news, 08090910, for BP summary of CBP deploying Phase 2 of ad hoc capabilities.) (Notice, dated 11/17/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/whats_new/ace_accounts.xml)
7. Other CBP Postings and Messages
Nov. 21st ACE TI, KI delay problem fixed. CBP issued a CSMS message on November 21, 2008 announcing that at approximately 8:10 a.m. EST, a delay in response to broker's Query Importer/Bond (KI) and Add CF 5106 (TI) functions was reported. At 2:08 p.m. EST on November 21st, CBP issued a CSMS message announcing that the KI/TI delay had been resolved. (CSMS messages, hyperlinked, 08-000321 and 08-000323)
CBP approved gauger, accredited lab list. CBP has posted a list of approved gaugers and accredited laboratories. The list contains the company name, address, phone number, type (lab and/or gauger) and the date of last inspection. (List, dated 11/19/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/labs_scientific_svcs/commercial_gaugers/gaulist.ctt/gaulist.pdf)
COAC 11th term charter. CBP has posted the 11th term charter for the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions. (Charter, posted 11/17/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/coac/)
Marijuana hidden in tractor-trailer seized. CBP has issued a news release announcing that agents from the Hebbronville station recently seized more than 5,700 pounds of marijuana from a tractor-trailer. (News release, dated 11/18/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/11182008_2.xml)
Air AMS communication, data processing services list. In response to requests from the trade community, the Office of Automated Commercial Systems (ACS) has assembled a list of companies/persons offering air Automated Manifest System (AMS) communication and data processing services to the trade community. Inclusions on this list do not constitute any form of an endorsement by CBP as to the nature, extent or quality of the services, which may be provided. (List, dated 11/19/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/ams/air_ams_data.ctt/air_ams_data.doc)
Border Patrol's Weekly Blotter. CBP has posted the U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter for November 13 - 19, 2008. The Blotter provides information on Border Patrol activities during the specified week. (Blotter, dated 11/20/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/weekly_blotter/1113_1119.xml)