An automotive importer may use reconciliation to adjust the value of its entries for quarterly surcharges that account for commodity prices of the metals used in imported auto parts, CBP said in a ruling issued Oct. 22. The surcharges can be included because they are calculated according to a set, non-discretionary formula, and can be linked to specific entries through the importer’s records, CBP said in ruling HQ H302879.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A previously delayed deployment of new Broker Management Office functionalities in ACE is scheduled for Dec. 7, CBP said in a CSMS message. The agency delayed the deployment in September (see 1909260048). CBP also posted a trade information notice describing what will change. "This enhanced functionality will allow CBP’s Broker Management Branch (BMB) to consolidate functionality from standalone databases and automate processes such as generation of licenses and permits in ACE," it said. "The functionality will also allow the field Broker Management Officers to print permits within ACE." After the deployment, "ACE will no longer allow trade users to delete an employee through the mass update spreadsheet, in order to maintain employee history," CBP said. The agency also posted new instructions for reporting employee information.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is now in the process of adding hundreds of antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department to its ADD CVD Search database. The page had not been updated since Sept. 23 due to issues with recent ACE deployments. The database is still as of press time missing many messages dating back at least to 2014. International Trade Today will resume with its daily list of AD and CV duty messages once CBP resumes regular updates.
CBP added on Nov. 7 the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the third tranche of Section 301 tariffs, it said in a CSMS message. Filers of imported products that were granted an exclusion (see 1910240004) should report the regular Chapters 29, 32, 37, 39, 40, 48, 51, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 68, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 90 and 94 Harmonized Tariff Schedule number, as well as subheading 9903.88.33, CBP said in the message. “Importers shall not submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 301 duties when" subheading 9903.88.33 is submitted, CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The U.S. will soon start discussions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations about a possible connection between ASEAN's customs filing platform with the U.S. platform, the State Department said in a Nov. 3 fact sheet about "Expanding the Enduring Partnership" with ASEAN. "The United States and the ASEAN Secretariat announced the opening of negotiations to link the ASEAN 'Single Window' with the U.S. Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) System, which governs all trade in goods entering the United States," State said. "Making this link will further facilitate $272 billion in two-way trade in goods between the United States and ASEAN."
LATHRUP VILLAGE, Mich. -- CBP is still wrapping its head around how it would enforce labor wage content requirements for automobiles under the renegotiated NAFTA, said Brenda Smith, executive assistant commissioner of CBP’s Office of Trade, at the Automotive Industry Action Group Customs Town Hall on Nov. 7.
A proposed rule that would allow importation of drugs intended for foreign markets is now under review by the Office of Management and Budget, according to the OMB website. Though OMB doesn’t say what exactly the rule would do, the Food and Drug Administration has said it would soon publish a proposal to allow pilot (or demonstration) projects developed by states, wholesalers or pharmacists to import certain drugs from Canada that are versions of FDA-approved drugs that are manufactured consistent with the FDA approval (see 1907310018).