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CBP Renames ACE Business Office, Commercial Targeting and Enforcement
December 28, 2016 |Customs

CBP changed the name of the ACE Business Office to the Trade Transformation Office, according CBP's contact information page (here). Debbie Augustin, who oversaw the ACE Business Office, is now the executive director of the Trade Transformation Office. The agency also changed the Office of Commercial Targeting and Enforcement to the Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Directorate, it said. That group also saw several personnel and title changes, according to CBP's page. Among the additions are Brandon Lord as the Trade Enforcement Task Force leader, Carrie Owens as acting director of the Enforcement Operations Division and Virginia McPherson as chief of the Civil Penalties Branch.

CBP Final Rule to End Blanket Certifications for TSCA Imports as Planned
December 23, 2016 |Top News

Despite some industry objections to CBP's proposal to end the use of "blanket certification" under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulations (see 1608260032), the agency declined to stray from those plans in the final rule, it said in a notice (here). Blanket certifications are used to indicate either TSCA applicability or not -- called a "negative certification" -- for a wide range of products subject to Environmental Protection Agency reporting requirements. Commenters on the proposed changes said the end to blanket certification seems to go against the ongoing efforts to streamline trade processing (see 1609300031). The final rule is effective Jan. 26.

CEE Participation Results in Fewer CF-28s and CF-29s From CBP, Report Says
December 22, 2016 |Top News

Importers working with CBP’s Centers of Excellence and Expertise see fewer requests for information and notices of action than their counterparts that file at ports of entry, according to a report commissioned by CBP as part of its CEE rulemaking process (here). On average, participants see 78 percent fewer CBP Form 28s and 28 percent fewer CBP Form 29s after joining a CEE, which could be a sign that staff at the CEEs is becoming more knowledgeable and has less need to request more information, said the report, which was issued in 2015 but only recently released to the public.

WTO Says US Customs, Trade Remedy Policies Continue Unchanged
December 19, 2016 |International Sources

U.S. policy for customs valuation, import licensing and rules of origin, as well as the U.S. trade remedy regime and a range of other trade policies, have gone unchanged since the last U.S. trade policy review in 2014 at the World Trade Organization, the WTO said in a summary (here). U.S. efforts to implement the single-window International Trade Data System by Dec. 31, activities to roll out ACE and work on simplified entry and trusted trader programs indicate a "long-standing" U.S. commitment to open trade policies, the WTO said. Antidumping and countervailing duties investigations rose between 2014 and 2015, with most AD investigations concentrated in the steel industry, the WTO added in its full report (here). Tariffs above 25 percent most commonly apply to agricultural, footwear and textile products, the WTO said.

Topics:Customs duty, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Drawback, CBP CROSS Rulings, World Trade Organization (WTO), Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)