U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted answers to questions that were submitted at its December 2009 Trade Symposium. Highlights of CBP’s answers to the questions it received include:
Effective April 1, 2011, the Canada Border Services Agency will no longer accept generic itinerant highway carrier code “77YY” for commercial cross border activity.
In testimony before a House Subcommittee1, the Government Accountability Office recommends that the Food and Drug Administration strengthen its oversight of imported food by improving enforcement and seeking additional authorities.
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.” The data listed below is current as of June 4, 2010.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Trade Account Owner May 2010 update. Highlights of the May 2010 update include:
On March 16, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published a proposed rule to amend 19 CFR Part 159 to discontinue mailing paper courtesy notices of liquidation to filers whose entry summaries are filed in the Automated Broker Interface.
In response to a request from the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, on June 1, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Bersin sent Committee Chairman Baucus (D) a list of metrics to help the Committee track CBP's progress in key areas of commercial enforcement and trade facilitation.
On June 2, 2010 U.S. Customs and Border Protection held a webinar to discuss aspects of the detention notices that the Consumer Product Safety Commission will begin to issue starting June 14, 2010.
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its comprehensive document on the Automated Commercial Environment entitled "ACE Frequently Asked Questions."