In U.S. v. Optrex America Inc., the Court of International Trade found that Optrex1 failed to exercise reasonable care in classifying certain Liquid Crystal Display products (LCDs) and is subject to 1592 penalties for such negligence.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ACE Portal Accounts and ACE Reports CSMS message announcing that the following ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) Account Revenue report enhancements have been made to improve performance:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an "ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue at a Glance" fact sheet.
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a news release announcing that the Bush Administration is amending its budget request for fiscal year 2009 to include an additional $275 million for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. HHS also posted a fact sheet on investing in FDA's transformation. (HHS press release, dated 06/09/08, available at http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/06/20080609a.html; HHS fact sheet, dated 06/09/08, available at http://www.hhs.gov/news/facts/fdatransformation.html.)
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) Reports have been made easier with the release of its ACE Portal Reports Dictionaries.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that trade testing for ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) release M1 (e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail for advance cargo information purposes) will begin no sooner than September 2008.
CBP has posted an updated version of its "ACE on the Road" event schedule, which includes the following events:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted "ACE Overview" fact sheets on the benefits associated with certain ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) Secure Data Portal account types.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message which states that at approximately 11:56 EDT on June 9, 2008 Automated Commercial Environment users began experiencing slow responses impacting CBP and Trade users. Service was expected to be restored at 13:30 EDT. CBP notes that updates will follow if necessary. (CSMS 08-000101, dated 06/09/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17109&page=&srch_argv=08-000101&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a June 2008 revised version of its Informed Compliance Publication "Classification of Hats and Other Headgear (under HTSUS Heading 6505)" as part of its series "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About."