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."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an Excel spreadsheet listing the reject reasons for May 2008 for CBP Form 5106 Importer ID input records, CBP Form 301 Customs bonds, bond riders, bond terminations, etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing its deployment of ad hoc reporting capabilities as an enhancement to the Automated Commercial Environment reports.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of June 2, 2008. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly TRQ/TPL commodity report available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its report to Congress on the Automated Commercial Environment for the second quarter of fiscal year 2008 (January 1, 2008 - March 31, 2008). The report provides an update on ACE accomplishments, challenges, fiscal status, and upcoming program milestones.
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Court of International Trade cases on international trade issues were dated/decided during May 27 - May 29, 2008:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Vending Machines and Their Parts Under the HTSUS.
In U.S. v. UPS Customhouse Brokerage, Inc., the Court of International Trade ruled against UPS on the issues of misclassification of electronic merchandise; the failure to exercise responsible supervision and control of its customs business as required by 19 USC 1641 ("the broker statute"); and on the number of violations found and the monetary penalties assessed.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted three additional chapters and a table of contents to its "ACE ABI CATAIR" document that it is building to replace the current Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document.