CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
An update to the foreign-trade zone admission process will occur April 25, three months after the previously announced date, the agency said in a notice released Jan. 6. CBP said in September it would expand the zone identification number from seven to nine digits starting Jan. 25 (see 2009240036). “CBP has assessed stakeholder readiness and determined that a delayed deployment date in ACE for the modifications regarding the expanded zone ID number is in the best interests of all parties involved,” it said. “Delaying the deployment date will allow for the required programming modifications on the part of trade participants (specifically by allowing additional time to code and test) and will also provide CBP with more time to coordinate with local zone operators (who will be receiving new zone ID numbers).”
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A Commerce Department license is required for prefabricated pipe spools that include components that would require such a license when imported separately, CBP said in a Dec. 28 CSMS message. “Where the [Harmonized Tariff Schedule] classification requires a license under the Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) Program, a license is required for each entry summary line reporting that HTS classification,” CBP said. “Where the license is required but not reported for an entry summary line for an HTS, ACE will reject the entry filing. Accordingly, importers must obtain from Commerce, and report at the time of entry summary filing, a steel import license number for every entry summary line of a pipe spool where the HTS requires a steel import license.”
The new General Approved Exclusions from Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum will be deployed in ACE as of 7 a.m. Dec. 29, CBP said in a Dec. 23 CSMS message. The Commerce Department announced the new GAEs in a Dec. 14 notice (see 2012100047). The GAEs exclude 108 entire Harmonized Tariff Schedule classifications from the tariffs on steel and 15 classifications from the aluminum tariffs, CBP said. “GAEs may be used by any importer and have no quantitative limit,” it said. “Exclusions are effective starting December 29, 2020, and no retroactive relief will be granted.”
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Mandatory filing in ACE of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s “Core” partner government agency (PGA) message set begins Jan. 25, 2021, but the agency “strongly recommends” that filers begin using it now, APHIS said in an email sent Dec. 21. APHIS has uploaded a series of six webinars on the PGA message set to its website, covering “a wide range of APHIS-regulated products, including fresh fruits and vegetables, cut flowers, animal products, miscellaneous and processed products, seeds not for planting, and plants for planting as well as a general overview of the APHIS Core message set,” it said. “In addition, we recently posted APHIS Core Message Set Questions and Answers, which covers some of the most commonly asked questions about submitting an APHIS Core Message Set,” the agency said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: