CBP has issued a Unified Business Resumption Messaging message providing an update on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. According to CBP, Pensacola Pass will be closed to vessel traffic during flood tide. In addition, navigation will be restricted in Biloxi Bay near the southeastern portion of Deer Island and will be closed during flood tide and open during ebb. All other waterways are currently open with no restrictions

CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of July 6, 2010. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs; etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics; etc.

An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is initiating the public scoping process for preparation of four Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements to identify and assess potential impacts upon the human environment of ongoing and potential future border security activities for the Northern Border between the U.S. and Canada. Comments are due by August 5, 2010.

CBP has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor TRQs and TPLs that are approaching their restraint limit or have filled their in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections: those that are at least 85% filled and those that are filled.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued press releases with the following titles:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Detroit Windsor Tunnel received two new inspection booths with the completion of the first phase of construction at the facility. The expansion increases the number of available lanes from ten to eleven for traffic coming into the U.S.

CBP has posted its Excel workbook for the Tuna tariff rate quota. This Excel workbook contains 1 worksheet.

On June 29, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Consumer Product Safety Commission held their annual fireworks safety demonstration on the National Mall in Washington. D.C. about the dangers associated with fireworks, especially illegal explosives.Dan Baldwin, CBP Assistant Commissioner for the Office of International Trade, stated that import safety is a priority trade issue for CBP, noting that CPSC personnel are now co-located in CBP's Import Safety Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center in Washington, D.C., and CBP assists the CPSC in selectively sampling and testing shipments of imported fireworks to determine if they are compliant with the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. CPSC press release on firework safety is available here.

CBP's Office of Information and Technology has posted an updated list of companies/persons offering ABI data processing services to the trade community.