U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to the Pilot Bond Centralization Program section of its Web site the September 16, 2005 version of its guidance document entitled "Latest News and Developments." According to CBP, this document provides information about the Pilot Bond Centralization Program and current issues, policies, and procedures for processing bond applications.
CBP CROSS Rulings
CBP issues binding advance rulings in connection with the importation of merchandise into the United States. They issue the rulings to give the trade community transparency of how CBP will treat a prospective import or carrier transaction. Common rulings include the tariff classification, country of origin, or free trade agreement applicability of merchandise, among other things. These rulings are available in CBP's Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) database.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated its set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS') wood packaging material (WPM) regulations that took effect September 16, 2005.
In the September 28, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 40), CBP has issued a notice modifying and revoking two classification rulings with respect to silymarin (milk thistle) and leucoanthocyanin. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in this notice.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site various materials related to presentations made at the September 26-29, 2005 meeting of the Trade Support Network (TSN).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice on two aspects of a CBP interim rule which, effective October 5, 2005, amended 19 CFR Parts 12, 102, 141, 144, 146 and 163 in order to update, restructure, and consolidate the regulations relating to the country of origin of textile and apparel products. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/06/05 news, 05100605, for BP summary.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an updated version of its frequently asked questions (FAQ) and responses on its final rule requiring, among other things, the advance electronic presentation of information for all modes of inbound transportation.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message stating that effective October 5, 2005, the Automated Commercial System (ACS) has been modified to no longer require the reporting of the solid wood packing material (SWPM) indicator in the entry summary 52 record (position 3), for summary lines that have a country of origin of China or Hong Kong.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an interim rule, effective October 5, 2005, which it states amends 19 CFR Parts 12, 102, 141, 144, 146 and 163 in order to update, restructure, and consolidate the regulations relating to the country of origin of textile and apparel products.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice which outlines the implementation of certain requirements associated with its Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) final rule requiring advance electronic transmission of passenger and crew manifests for vessels and aircraft.
In the September 21, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 39), CBP issued a notice revoking a classification ruling on steel step cans. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in this notice.