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CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings

CBP has issued the April 2009 ACE Trade Account Owner (TAO) update. The update covers topics such as the delay in ACE e-Manifest rejection functionality for e-Manifests submitted without WHTI-compliant document numbers, brokers responding to post summary requests for documents, CBP acceptable document formats, and the ESAR A2.2 entry summary deployment schedule. (TAO, dated May 2009, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/docs/17629_394708685/May_09_TAOFINAL.pdf)

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1. May 2009 ACE Trade Account Owner Update

2. ACE Entry Summary Problem Fixed

CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that the problem with the processing of ACE entry summaries has been corrected and processing has resumed. (CBP previously issued a CSMS message advising the trade that ACE had not processed any entry summary transactions submitted on June 3, 2009.) (CSMS No. 09-000242, dated 06/04/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17631&page=&srch_argv=09-000242&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby=)

3. Updated List of NVOCC Participants in Sea AMS

CBP has posted an updated list of non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) sea Automated Manifest System (AMS) participants. (List, dated 06/02/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/cargo_security/carriers/ams_ports/nvocc_sea_ams.ctt/nvocc_list.xls)

4. Updated TRQ/TPL "Threshold to Fill" List

CBP has posted an updated version of its tariff rate quota/tariff preference level "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor TRQs and TPLs that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections - those that are at least 85% filled and those that are closed. (List, updated 06/03/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)

5. CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions

The antidumping and countervailing messages CBP 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.)