U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing a significant change with regards to the Revenue Division's notification process for approved continuous bond submissions.
The Amistad Dam port of entry in Del Rio, Texas will be closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic October 26 through October 30, 2009. The port will re-open at 10 a.m. on October 31, 2009. (Alert, dated 10/23/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/advisories/amistad.xml)
CBP has posted a summary of changes to the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) that is effective as of October 19, 2009. The AES Downtime Guidelines have been updated. (AESTIR changes, posted 10/22/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/aes/tech_docs/aestir/june04_intro/june04_summary_of_chngs.ctt/june04_summary_of_chngs.doc)
On October 22, 2009, a House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee1 held a hearing entitled "Cargo Security at Land Ports of Entry: Are We Meeting the Challenge?"
In response to recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office in August 2009, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a report to Congress outlining the actions it is taking to strengthen its oversight of imported products.
CBP has updated its information on the 2009 trade symposium to state that webcasting registration for participation via the Internet is targeted to open in early November. The cost for the webcast is $35. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/30/09 news, 09093005, for BP update on the trade symposium.)(Notice, dated 10/16/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/trade_symposium_09.xml)
On October 13, 2009, House and Senate conferees filed the conference report for H.R. 2892, the fiscal year (FY) 2010 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, etc.
CBP has posted a slide show providing an overview of ACE reports. The slide show covers report categories, report features, the value of reports from different perspectives, key reports, etc. (Slide show, posted 10/06/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace/toolkit/report_overview.ctt/report_overview.pdf)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that the next release of ACE is currently scheduled for deployment in January 2010 and will include Entry Summary Type 03 (AD/CVD) and AD/CVD Case Management Reference Data. CBP states that new CATAIR chapters and other documents designed to assist you with your programming efforts are now available on the CBP website. (CSMS 09-000323, dated 10/02/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17716&page=&srch_argv=09-000323&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby=.)