U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a spreadsheet that compares the Broker Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) and Carrier Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR) codes. The spreadsheet provides the following details for each CAMIR/ANSI X.12 Disposition Code: AMS Message Text; ABI Disposition Code; CATAIR Message Text; ABI Output Record; and ABI Disp. Code. (Spreadsheet, dated 05/25/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/cargo_control/codes.ctt/codes.xls.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a list of approved trade and/or fictitious names (trade names) that are currently being used by licensed Customs brokers, updated as of May 24, 2006.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication (ICP) entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Classification of Molds and Their Parts Under the HTS.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a revised informed compliance publication (ICP) entitled, "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Works of Art, Collector's Pieces, Antiques, and Other Cultural Property." According to CBP, this revised ICP is an aid to prospective importers as to the admissibility of and duty status of various artworks.
Congress shouldn’t ignore how data security proposals will affect small businesses, witnesses told the House Small Business oversight subcommittee Tues. Main Street doesn’t have the resources that Wall Street takes for granted when it comes to data breaches, notification requirements and security compliance, and any new laws should give agencies leeway to consider business size in evaluating compliance and penalties, they said. And a new study by the Progress & Freedom Foundation, whose Senior Vp Thomas Lenard spoke to the subcommittee, said the raft of proposals on the Hill could keep small businesses out of “markets in which the use of personal information is important.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued what it terms "important" guidelines for carriers participating in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) electronic truck manifest (e-manifest) program. Preceding the guidelines is information on CBP's timeline for e-Manifest as well as its explanation of the need for this guidance, which is highlighted below.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication (ICP) entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Country of Origin of Knit-to-Shape Apparel Products.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that its most recent changes to the 2006 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, Harmonized System (HS) Update (No. 0603) contains changes with respect to:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) security guidelines for air carriers.
During the recent meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials stated that the new, mandatory Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Internet Application and Communications Portal (referred to as the C-TPAT Security Link Portal) is expected to be available on May 24, 2006. (CBP officials noted that they had originally expected the C-TPAT Security Link Portal to be available in early May 2006.)