CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
CBP posted revised versions of the following previously issued ACE ABI CATAIR chapters:
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1. CBP Posts Revised ACE ABI CATAIR Documents
Entry Summary Create/Update
ABI Batch & Block Control
CBP states that these documents are considered final. However, the documents retain the "draft" designation in the footer until such time that an official Office of Public Affairs publication number has been assigned to the new ACE ABI CATAIR publication. Subsequent revisions to these documents will be controlled through the official CBP document amendment process.
CBP has also updated the 2009 Change Record to include the revisions to the above chapters. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/10/09 news, 09021030, for most recent BP summary on revisions to the ACE ABI CATAIR.) (ACE ABI CATAIR documents, posted 03/03/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace_edi_messages/catair_main/abi_catair/; CSMS message announcing the revisions, 09-000107, dated 03/05/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17493&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby)
2. ICP on Household Articles of Base Metal Reviewed with No Changes
CBP posted a February 2009 version of its informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Household Articles of Base Metal. This ICP was reviewed with no changes. (ICP, dated February 2009, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/legal/informed_compliance_pubs/icp079.ctt/icp079.pdf)
3. Updated TRQ/TPL "Threshold to Fill" List
CBP has posted an updated quick reference to monitor tariff rate quotas (TRQs) and tariff preference levels (TPLs) that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections - quotas that are at least 85% filled and quotas that are closed. (List, updated 03/05/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)
4. ACE Trade Account Owner February 2009 Update
CBP has issued the February 2009 ACE Trade Account Owner monthly update. CBP's update covers topics such as the spring 2009 deployment of ESAR A2.2, Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) required travel documents, etc. (TAO update available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/docs/17491_707438123/February_09_TAO_FINAL.pdf)
5. New/Modified ACE EDI Messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest
CBP has posted the following new/modified ACE EDI messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest:
ANSI X.12 Message Sets
Truck Manifest 350 Message
Truck Manifest 355 Message
UN EDIFACT Message Sets for Standard Manifest
Customs Response Message (CUSRES) Accept/Reject
Customs Response Message (CUSRES) Status Notification
(Change record, posted 03/05/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/carrier_info/etruck_tech_info/ace_edi_drafts/edi_messages/ansi_message_sets/rec_changes/rec_changes_0109.ctt/rec_changes_0109.doc)
6. CBP News Releases
CBP has issued news releases on the following:
RFID Technology Upgrades Installation Begins in Washington State
Texas Border Patrol Agents Seize Nearly 3 Tons of Marijuana
Border Patrol Agents Seize More than $1.5 Million Worth of Marijuana at Sarita Checkpoint
CBP Announces Daylight Savings Time Hours of Operation for Brownsville Ports of Entry
(News releases, dated 03/04/09 and 03/05/09, hyperlinked)