CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
CBP has posted a slide show providing an overview of ACE reports. The slide show covers report categories, report features, the value of reports from different perspectives, key reports, etc. (Slide show, posted 10/06/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace/toolkit/report_overview.ctt/report_overview.pdf)
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1. ACE Reports Overview
2. Updated Air Cargo Security Data Matrix
CBP has posted an updated version of COAC's Air Cargo Security Subcommittee's draft table (referred to as a "matrix") on the various cargo security-related programs that affect trade participants in the air cargo supply chain. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/18/09 news, 09081815, for BP summary announcing that COAC created a matrix to identify air cargo security redundancies.) (Matrix, dated 10/06/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/coac/subcommittee_activities/air_cargo_security/air_cargo_matrix.ctt/air_cargo_matrix.pdf)
3. Updated Interest Rates for Additional Duties on Reconciliations
CBP posted an updated list of the interest rates for additional duty payments owed to Customs as a result of reconciliation. CBP notes that when a reconciliation results in additional monies owed CBP, the payment must be made with interest, calculated by the filer using the rates provided in the list. (List, dated 10/06/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/reconciliation/technical_information/interest_rates.xml)
4. Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of October 6th
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) and tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of October 6, 2009. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (Weekly commodity report available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/cr_10062009.ctt/cr_10062009.pdf)
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 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 10/07/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)
6. CBP News Releases
CBP has issued the following news releases:
CBP in Savannah Intercepts Counterfeit Cell Phone Chargers
CBP Announces Global Entry Expansion to Ft. Lauderdale General Aviation Facility