The National Marine Fisheries Service will be updating its Seafood Import Monitoring Program to prohibit "aggregated harvest reports of Northern Red Snapper" regardless of vessel size, CBP said. The update, announced in a CSMS message Nov. 29, will be deployed no later than Dec. 20 in the ACE Certification environment, and no earlier than Jan. 20, 2024, in the ACE Production environment, allowing time for testing, CBP said.
Changes to an entry date due to CBP modifications of an entry summary don't affect the time of entry for the purposes of assessing Section 301 tariffs, CBP said in a ruling released by the agency Nov. 28.
The current scope of ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on aluminum extrusions from 15 countries would impose heavy costs on U.S. manufacturers and consumers, and as written would make it nearly impossible for CBP to administer and importers to comply, said a bevy of large multinational corporations and trade associations in comments filed recently filed with the Commerce Department.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will move the "blanket declarations" functionality from the legacy ACE Portal to the modernized ACE Portal on Dec. 9, the agency said. The announcement, in a CSMS message on Nov. 21, said that users won't be able to use the legacy portal to "create, manage, and view declarations" after the deployment of new functionality. CBP previously said that blanket declarations would be part of phase 3 of their deployment of the modernized portal (see 2212140055).
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The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet Dec. 13 remotely and in Washington, D.C., CBP said in a notice. Comments are due in writing by Dec. 8.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act detention notices will be available in the ACE certification environment on Nov. 15, CBP said in a CSMS message. CBP had delayed deployment of the automated UFLPA detention process until January in August (see 2308300043). The enhancement is designed to give importers the "ability to view, search, and respond to CBP Form 6051D using the ACE Forms application accessible through the ACE Secure Data Portal,” CBP said (see 2304210072).
CBP released an updated version of the "ACE Tips for Filing EPA Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)" guide, it announced in a CSMS message Nov. 14. The document provides an "overview of the program and tips for filing that can help clarify what is filed when and avoid potential filing errors," the message said.