U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a general notice that sources state gives a "formal start date" to the National Customs Automation Program test that allows importers to use the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) to file post-summary corrections of certain pre-liquidation ACE entry summaries (ESAR IV). While CBP deployed this PSC functionality in ACE for trade participants on June 4, the formal commencement date is July 25, 2011.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
The Court of International Trade has ruled in U.S. v. Trek Leather Inc., and Harish Shadadpuri that an importer of record along with its sole shareholder committed gross negligence by consistently failing to include the cost of fabric assists in the price actually paid or payable in their entry documents for men's suits imported into the U.S. The defendants were also found liable for unpaid customs duties and civil penalties, plus interest.
The Canada Border Services Agency has issued a notice to importers, customs brokers and service providers announcing the phased-in timeframe to increase the number of lines requiring a 10-digit Harmonized System (HS) code at time of interim accounting (Pre-Arrival Release System (PARS) and Release on Minimum Documentation (RMD) release requests) from five lines to all lines.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Consumer Product Safety Commission officials recently discussed the differences between their detention notices at a CBP Port of Chicago meeting.
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) has announced "Operation Chain Reaction," a new comprehensive initiative targeting counterfeit items entering the supply chains of the Department of Defense and other U.S. government agencies.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is announcing an additional 30 day comment period for the proposed extension of its existing Automated Clearinghouse (CBP Form 400) information collection, which it plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice to its website regarding its 2001 announcement that it would no longer be providing importers with free reports of entry summaries that have been flagged for reconciliation and would instead provide such reports on a fee-for-service basis only. CBP’s notice contains similar information as its 2001 ABI administrative message announcing this change (the 2001 message had additional details on report codes, etc.). CBP sources have confirmed that this notice does not contain any new information.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that an updated version of the Post Summary Corrections Web-based Training (WBT) is now available for all brokers and importers.