U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site notes from the Trade Support Network's (TSN's) Plenary Session that was held on September 26-29, 2005.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message on the erroneous generation of January Periodic Monthly Statements (PMS) one month early.
On December 13, 2005, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an administrative message (Adm: 05-1423) announcing that the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) had identified approximately 6,000 standard alpha carrier codes (SCAC) that had not renewed their subscriptions with the NMFTA by the June 30 expiration date, nor in the past six months. CBP stated that on December 19, 2005, it would be updating the CBP carrier code file to remove any unrenewed codes. CBP noted that deletion of the unrenewed codes could impact Automated Manifest System (AMS) and Automated Broker Interface (ABI) processing.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Office of Information and Technology has posted a notice to CBP's Web site containing a list, as of December 13, 2005, of companies/persons offering data processing services to the trade community for the Automated Broker Interface (ABI).
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice announcing the establishment of agreed textile and apparel quota levels for 2006 pursuant to the November 8, 2005 U.S. - China Textile Agreement.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has again revised its Trade Update for Hurricane Katrina. The major change reflected in this update is that the New Orleans Field Office now has been designated oversight of certain Louisiana and Mississippi ports.
The federal govt. scored a “D” or worse on 7 of 12 cybersecurity recommendations made in 2004 by the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the group said in its annual report. Despite progress -- like creating a Homeland Security Dept. (DHS) slot for cybersecurity & telecom issues (WID July 14 p1) and Senate committee action on the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention (WID Dec 13 p3) -- the U.S. isn’t where it ought to be, experts said Tues. “Lack of leadership, priorities and execution” at the federal level is making the nation more vulnerable, CSIA Exec. Dir. Paul Kurtz said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Broker Management office has posted to the CBP Web site a notice which outlines various broker license and permit-related fees. The broker license and permit-related fees discussed in this notice are as follows:
According to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has issued a circular to its local departments of commerce announcing the first allocation of quantity for the export of textiles to the U.S. in 2006.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message reminding the trade community that it now allows brokers with Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal accounts to pay duties and fees on a monthly statement for all of their importer clients and that importers are no longer required to establish an ACE account to participate in the periodic monthly statement (PMS) program. Instead, importers may now establish Non-portal accounts, which is automatic for those that are C-TPAT participants. CBP adds that it is simple and free for a broker to establish an ACE account, and comes with many other benefits, such as broker and importer statements, multiple financial reports, etc. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/25/05 news, 05102505, for BP summary of CBP general notice announcing these changes to Periodic Monthly Statement.) (ABI message 05-1370, dated 12/01/05, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-1370.ADM.)