U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing the extension of the contingency plan to allow conveyances that normally pay annual user fees to be cleared by CBP without a per crossing/arrival payment until February 28, 2009 (from January 31, 2009).
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating the Transaction reports in ACE still have static data for the dates between January 19 and January 24th. A communication will be sent once the Transaction reports are fully updated in ACE. (CSMS 09-000059, issued 01/27/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17445&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby=)
A number of documents have been posted to the International Trade Data System1 Web site, most of which are related to the ITDS Product Information Committee2.
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) and tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of January 26, 2009. 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. (Weekly commodity report available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ACE information notice for truck carriers and customs brokers, which clarifies the e-Manifest: Truck filing and entry requirements when multiple shippers and/or consignees are involved.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources, CBP deployed, as scheduled, enhanced ACE capabilities within the ESAR A2.1 (M1 Reference Data) release, on Saturday, January 24, 2009.
CBP has posted to its Web site an additional Importer Security Filing (ISF) transaction set. CBP has also issued a CSMS message announcing changes to a record within another ISF transaction set.
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) and tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of January 21, 2009. 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. (Weekly commodity report available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that it fixed a problem, at approximately 11:13 a.m. EDT on January 17, 2009, with ACE regarding difficulty submitting e-Manifests via the portal. (CBP previously issued a CSMS message stating ACE was experiencing a nationwide problem impacting the trade. CBP then issued a CSMS message stating that it expected to fix the problem by 11:00 a.m. EDT on January 17th. (CSMS 09-000047 issued 01/17/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17433&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby=)
CBP has posted a memorandum announcing a special import quota of 17,335,657 kg for upland cotton that is provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter III, U.S. Note 6 and is entered under HTS 9903.52.42. (CBP notes that this quantity is not subject to the tariff-rate quotas in Chapter 52 Additional U.S. Notes 5 through 10.)