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:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will accept voluntary ACE filings for shrimp and abalone under the Seafood Import Monitoring Program beginning in October, as the mandatory filing deadline for these species approaches at year’s end, it said in a CSMS message. As announced by the National Marine Fisheries Service in April, shrimp and abalone will become subject to the PGA message set filing requirements for high-risk seafood on Dec. 31 (see 1804230037).
Port directors will make case-by-case determinations on whether to allow carriers to unlade cargo after being diverted from another U.S. port due to Hurricane Florence, CBP said in a CSMS message. There's a hurricane watch in effect for the Carolinas, Virginia and Maryland. For diverted vessels, "the owner or agent of the vessel shall immediately give notice of the diversion to the port that granted the permit or clearance, identifying the new destination of the vessel," CBP said. "In this instance, ports should allow for electronic/telephonic Reports of Diversion by the vessel’s owner/operator or agent. The originating port should log the date/time notifications are received and advise the owner or agent of the vessel to note on the CBP Form 3171, provided to the alternative port, its request for diversion and the specific situation for the diversion."
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP provided some instructions for transmitting manual entry summaries. While manual entry summaries are not transmitted through the Automated Broker Interface, they are accepted into ACE, it said. The document and timeliness requirements are the same for non-ABI entry summaries as for other entry summaries. CBP will give the invoice, which serves as the release notification, to the non-ABI filer after a CBP review, it said. CBP will also allow lineless non-ABI entry summary input for "the following entry types: 01, 04, 05, 08, and 11 (consolidated) transactions only, 21, 22, 24, 25, and 31," CBP said. "U.S. Virgin Island ports only may use lineless Non-ABI Entry Summary input for the following entry types; excluding only Quota, AD/CVD, Reconciliation, Drawback and Vessel Repair: 01, 06, 08, 11, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 51, and 52."
The Section 232 quotas on steel and aluminum from certain countries and exclusions from the Section 232 tariffs are among the toughest procedural challenges CBP is facing in dealing with those trade remedies, CBP officials from the Base Metals Center of Excellence and Expertise recently told the American Institute for International Steel. AIIS said in its newsletter that the group's customs committee held a conference call on Sept. 6 with Center Director Africa Bell and other officials. CBP is in the process of making fixes to aid in the remedying of those problems, it said.