U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a new informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Classification and Marking of Pipe Fittings under Heading 7307.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message providing the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) system requirements for the first sale indicator, as required by the 2008 Farm Bill1.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that it has completed the necessary Automated Broker Interface (ABI) system changes for the trade to submit the additional data elements (export price, export charges, and importer declaration indicator) for 'specified' softwood lumber and softwood lumber products as required by the 2008 Farm Bill1.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued two notices regarding the Softwood Lumber Act of 2008 (SLA 2008), which establishes an import data/declaration program under which importers will be required to submit two additional data elements (export price and export charges), and an importer declaration, for 'specified' softwood lumber and softwood lumber product imports, effective August 18, 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is scheduled to deploy Phase 2 of "ad hoc" capabilities as an enhancement to the ACE reports on September 6, 2008, according to CBP's updated "ACE Workplan Schedule."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has previously announced that the next customs broker license examination will be held on Monday, October 6, 2008.
The 2008 Farm Bill (Public Law 110-246) contains the Softwood Lumber Act of 2008 (Act) which establishes an import data/declaration program under which importers will be required to submit two additional data elements (export price and export charges), and an importer declaration, for 'specified' softwood lumber and softwood lumber product imports. The Act also provides for Commerce Department export charge determinations, reconciliations/verifications of import data/declarations, penalties, reports to Congress, etc.
During the August 7, 2008 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), CBP officials discussed issues related to the 2008 Farm Bill's "first sale"data collection provisions, which require:
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a notice announcing the filing of Petition P1-08, by NCBFAA, Inc. for an exemption from mandatory rate tariff publication.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule to revise certain fee amounts in 49 CFR Part 594 relating to the registered importer (RI) program and the importation of motor vehicles not certified as conforming to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) for fiscal year 2009.