CBP Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that on September 14, 2004, CBP Commissioner Bonner was presented with the Maritime Security Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his proposing such programs as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), the Container Security Initiative (CSI), etc. (CBP press release, dated 09/14/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/09142004.xml)
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1. CBP Commissioner Receives Maritime Security Achievement Award
2. CBP Officially Opens Complaints Processing Center for Employees
CBP has announced the official opening of the new CBP Complaints Processing Center, which is part of CBP's support of the Professionalism Initiative and will be used to streamline and consolidate operating procedures in order to process Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) disputes in a more efficient manner. (CBP press release, dated 09/14/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/09142004_2.xml)
3. New Phone and Fax Numbers for Client Representative Office at JFK
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message stating that effective immediately, the client representative office at JFK has new phone and fax numbers, as follows: (718) 487-2793 (phone) and (718) 487-2794 (fax). (Adm: 04-1996, dated 09/14/04, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2004/2004-1996.ADM)
4. Textile and Apparel Quotas 85% or More Filled as of September 15, 2004
CBP has posted to its Web site its "critical list" of textiles and apparel subject to import quotas with entered quantities 85% or more filled as of September 15, 2004. CBP states that this "critical list" may be used by CBP as a reference for releasing quota merchandise "off line" when the Automated Commercial System (ACS) is down for longer than four hours. CBP notes that textile and apparel merchandise for Electronic Visa Information System (ELVIS) countries cannot be released "off line" until it is processed through quota. CBP further notes that if the system is down for more than 24 hours, Headquarters Quota Branch should be contacted for further instructions. CBP also states that merchandise subject to tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), which are filled, may be released if entered under the "over quota" (high) rate of duty. (CBP's critical list, dated 09/15/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/textile_critical_list/)