Miscellaneous CBP Releases
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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- CBP has published an updated version of the ACE Entry Summary Error Dictionary (v41) under the Supporting Documents: Documentation for Entry Summary Chapters to account for dictionary updates for blanket reconciliation and bond validation (here).
- CBP has updated the ACE Entry Summary Create/Update CATAIR (v103) with aluminum smelt and cast and steel melt and pour changes (here).
- CBP officers in Philadelphia seized a noncompliant wheeled backhoe tractor on March 5. The tractor had been shipped from China and was bound for a residence in Burlington County, New Jersey. CBP officers had initially detained the tractor on Feb. 1 and requested additional product and import documentation from the import broker. On Feb. 11, CBP officers and an EPA compliance officer inspected the tractor. The EPA determined that the tractor violated the Clean Air Act because the tractor’s engine was not certified by the EPA for use in the U.S. (here).
- Officers with CBP's Office of Field Operations at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility in Texas discovered 150 packages containing nearly 471 pounds of alleged cocaine worth nearly $6.3 million within a plastic roll shipment. CBP conducted the inspection of a commercial tractor trailer hauling plastic wrap from Mexico on March 5 (here).
- CBP officers at an Express Consignment Operations hub in Indianapolis intercepted a shipment of inauthentic designer jewelry on March 4. The shipment came from a company in China and was bound for a residence in Nashville, Tennessee. The shipment, which would have had a value of $4.62 million had the goods been genuine, included 93 bracelets with Cartier logos, 15 necklaces and 15 pairs of earrings bearing Tiffany and Co. logos, 10 pairs of earrings displaying the Cartier logo, nine bracelets with Hermes logos and six bracelets bearing Louis Vuitton logos. CBP's Centers of Excellence and Expertise determined that the jewelry was counterfeit (here).