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CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the following to its Web site:

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1. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site

CBP notice on Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. CBP has issued a notice regarding the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), which would require all travelers to and from the Americas, the Caribbean, and Bermuda to have a passport or other accepted form of documentation to enter or reenter the U.S. by certain proposed dates listed in CBP's notice. (CBP notice, available at http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/travel_initiative_notice.xml)

DHS fact sheet on Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. DHS has issued a fact sheet entitled "Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative: the Basics," which highlights aspects of the WHTI tentatively scheduled to go into effect on January 8, 2007, for certain air and sea travel, and extended to all air, sea, and land border crossings on January 1, 2008. (Fact sheet, dated August 2006, available at http://www.customs.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/vacation/west_hemisphere/western_basics.ctt/western_basics.pdf)

CBP economic analysis for the WHTI air/sea proposed rule. CBP has posted an economic analysis to its Web site providing information on the potential costs and benefits of implementing the WHTI air/sea proposed rule. (CBP report, dated August 2006, available at http://www.customs.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/vacation/west_hemisphere/whti_reg_assessment.ctt/whti_reg_assessment.pdf)

Guidance for Carriers. CBP has posted to its Web site guidance for carriers offering information on the increased security measures in the aviation sector, enforcement efforts, and cooperation efforts between CBP and international carriers that are in effect due to the discovery of the threat of a potential terrorist attack to airplanes destined for the U.S.1(Carrier guidance, dated 08/10/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/travel/carriers.xml.)

Guidance for Airline Passengers. CBP has posted to its Web site a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fact sheet which provides guidance for airline passengers. The fact sheet covers the following information: raised threat levels, increased aviation screened procedures, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) implementation of changes to airport screening procedures, how every passenger can assist in security, and increased border protection procedures. This guidance is in response to the discovery of the threat of a potential terrorist attack to airplanes destined for the U.S.1(Airline passenger guidance, dated 08/10/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/travel/guidance_air_passenger.ctt/guidance_air_passenger.doc.)

Counterfeit "Nike" Shoes Seized. CBP has posted to its Web site a press release stating that CBP officers seized over one million dollars worth of counterfeit "Nike, Air Force 1" shoes at the Norfolk Port of Entry. The shoes were discovered in two overseas-refrigerated containers manifested as salt kelp and jellyfish and were found concealed behind the salt kelp and jellyfish. (CBP press release, dated 08/03/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/08032006.xml.)

Three SENTRI Participants Revoked for Agriculture Violations. CBP has posted to its Web site a press release announcing that three Secure Electronic Network for Traveler's Rapid Inspection (SENTRI) memberships have recently been revoked because CBP officers uncovered the participants attempting to smuggle undeclared pork into the U.S. (CBP press release, dated 08/03/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/08032006_2.xml.)

Full House Expected for CBP's First ACE Exchange Conference. CBP has posted to its Web site a press release stating that CBP's first Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Exchange conference to be held on August 15-17, 2006 in Chicago, IL is expected to attract more than 550 participants. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/28/06 news, 06072805, for BP summary of ACE Exchange conference registration information.) (CBP press release, dated 08/10/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/08102006_3.xml.)

1 Information in these guidances may have been updated by DHS or TSA since their issuance.

2. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions

CBP has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.

(The CBP messages marked with an * cover much of the same information as the ITA notices; however, CBP's messages often list the 10-character case number specific to each listed company(s). ITA notices only list the 7-character master case number. In addition, sometimes the master case number for CBP purposes (in parentheses, below, where applicable) differs from the ITA master case number.)

The administrative messages listed above are availablefrom http://www.brokerpower.net/admin_messages/ (and can be searched by message number, country, product, etc.).