U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its interim final rule which will amend 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149, 178, and 192, effective January 26, 2009, to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.1
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued revised versions of its informed compliance publications entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Internal Combustion Piston Engines and What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Turbojets, Turbopropellers and Other Gas Turbines, (HTSUS 8411) and Parts Thereof.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a general notice announcing that the 2009 annual user fee of $138 assessed for each customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by January 23, 2009.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an additional chapter to the ACE ABI CATAIR1 entitled "ABI Batch & Block Control."
CBP has posted Amendment 29 to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document. According to CBP, the CATAIR has been amended as follows:
The Food and Drug Administration has issued its final rule, effective May 6, 2009, on the submission to FDA of prior notice (PN) of food, including animal feed, which is imported or offered for import into the U.S.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued its final rule, effective May 6, 20091, on the submission to FDA of prior notice (PN) of food, including animal feed, which is imported or offered for import into the U.S.
CBP and China Customs concluded a second round of joint Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) supply chain security validation visits during the week of November 17, 2008. CBP C-TPAT Supply Chain Specialists supported China Customs officials while they conducted validations of 15 C-TPAT companies and their manufacturing facilities located in China.
The World Customs Organization has posted a press release announcing that on October 22, 2008, Ecuador deposited with the WCO Secretary General its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System). This makes Ecuador the 135th Contracting Party to the Harmonized System Convention. (WCO, dated 11/07/08, available at http://www.wcoomd.org/press/default.aspx?lid=1&id=168)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted revised ACE ABI CATAIR1 chapters and reference documents to its Web site.