U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently posted to its Web site a frequently asked question (FAQ) document regarding its interim final rule that amended 19 CFR 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.
CBP has posted Amendment 33 to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document. According to CBP, the CATAIR has been amended as follows:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted revised versions of previously issued ACE ABI CATAIR1 documents. CBP has also posted a new ACE ABI CATAIR appendix and a 2009 version of its Change Record.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a new informed compliance publication entitled What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Coastwise Trade: Merchandise.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently posted to its Web site a frequently asked question (FAQ) document regarding its interim final rule that amended 19 CFR 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.
CBP has posted an updated version of its fact sheet on the benefits of ACE for sureties. The list of benefits has been updated to state that sureties can run a custom bond report as well as created customized reports and to state that sureties can query a bond by "Bond Number," "Bond Activity Code," or "Bond Status." The additional information section has also been updated to state that additional information is alsoavailable on the ACE training and Reference Guides pages on www.cbp.gov/modernization. (Fact sheet, dated 02/03/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/trade/ace_factsheets/ace_overview/sureties_fact_sheet.xml)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its 2008 "year in review" for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently posted to its Web site a frequently asked question (FAQ) document regarding its interim final rule that amended 19 CFR 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.
CBP has issued a CSMS message on the implementation of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) for goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after February 1, 2009. Importers and brokers may file claims for preferential tariff treatment on goods that originate under the PTPA. These claims may be made at the time of entry summary by placing the SPI "PE" on the CBP Form 7501 as a prefix to the HTS item number for each line on which preferential treatment is claimed. The programming updates to the ACS allowing for automated processing have not yet been completed. Therefore, until further notice, importers claiming preference under the PTPA should file manual entries or file ABI entries at release with manual entry summaries. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/02/09 news, 09020210, for BP summary of Proclamation 8341, which amended the HTS to implement the PTPA, etc.)(CSMS 09-000070, dated 01/30/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17456&page=&srch_argv=09-000070&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a press release stating that it has determined to request that the parties to the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) provide additional information pursuant to 46 USC 40304(d) on Amendment 043 (FMC Agreement No. 011223-043).