As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on stainless steel plate in coils (SSPC) from Belgium, the Republic of Korea (Korea), South Africa, and Taiwan would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on SSPC from South Africa would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy, and the determinations by the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of these AD and CVD orders would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is publishing a notice of continuation of these AD orders and CVD order.Show citation box
Quake-hit Port of Sendai-Shiogama restarts international lanes next month
Regular international container services will partially resume next month at the most important port in the northeastern Japanese region of Tohoku, which bore the brunt of the earthquake and tsunami in March.
The Port of Sendai-Shiogama in Miyagi Prefecture will reopen the China-South Korea Route on Sept. 26 with the arrival of the first container ship operated by South Korea-based Namsung Shipping Line, the Miyagi prefectural government said. The China-South Korea connects Miyagi Prefecture with such cities as Busan, South Korea, and Dalian and Qingdao in China.
The Miyagi prefectural government did not say, however, when the Port of Sendai-Shiogama will be able to restart its two other regular international container shipping routes: the East Asia route and the North America West Coast-Southeast Asia route, which includes Los Angeles and Oakland.
Container services resumed at the Port of Sendai-Shiogama on June 8. But the port has not yet been fully restored, and container services there have so far been limited to domestic feeder ships.
The Port of Sendai-Shiogama is one of 23 Japanese ports designated by the central Japanese government as specially important ports for international maritime transport. It is the only such port damaged by the March 11 twin natural disasters.
*The Journal of Commerce Online – News Story *
The Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a final rule that, effective Sept. 30, will increase the assessments paid by importers of cotton and cotton-containing products under the Cotton Research and Promotion Order. These assessments are being raised from $0.01088 per kilogram to $0.012665 per kilogram, reflecting an increase in the average weighted price of upland cotton received by U.S. farmers during calendar year 2010. The revenues generated by these assessments are used to finance research and promotion programs designed to increase consumer demand for upland cotton in the U.S. and international markets.
This rule also updates the textile trade conversion factors used to estimate cotton equivalents contained in cotton textile products imported into the U.S., which serve as the basis for collecting cotton import assessments. The revised factors reflect technology-driven improvements in textile production efficiencies and are intended to assure a more fair and accurate assessment of imported cotton-containing products.
Finally, to ensure that as close to 100% of imported cotton and cotton-containing products are subject to assessment as possible, AMS is expanding the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule statistical reporting numbers on which such assessments are levied from 706 to 2,371.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced they will be deploying new
capabilities later this month that will allow rail and sea carriers to transmit electronic manifest data
to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Ultimately, CBP will replace the
Automated Manifest System with ACE as the CBP-approved Electronic Data Interchange
system for rail and sea data submissions.
The e-Manifest: Rail and Sea release will:
*Enable CBP to place and remove holds at the conveyance, container and master bill level
*Inform carriers which Participating Government Agency (PGA) has held their merchandise
*Extend Broker Download to the sea environment
*Increase number of possible Secondary Notify Parties to 25
*Allow carriers to create list of trade partners who are authorized to use their type two custodial bond through the ACE Portal,
i.e. In-Bond Authorization
*Allow carriers to create and maintain sea conveyance information through the ACE Portal
*Send a status notification of disposition code “95” to Carriers and subsequent Secondary Notify Parties such as Port
Authorities when a Paperless Master Inbond (IT, T&E, IE) has been deleted by the carrier
*Provide 12 new reports for rail and sea carriers along with seven new reports for brokers and two for importers
*Provide the ability to share customized reports with any user within the portal account
*Allow filers to create and maintain rail line release Entry Banks through the ACE Portal
On Thursday, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced that, as a result of
the affirmative determinations by the DOC and the US International Trade
Commission (ITC) in their respective sunset reviews, the antidumping orders on
stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan and the
countervailing duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip from Korea will be
continued for a further period of five years.
The next sunset reviews of these orders will be initiated in July 2016.
The DOC revoked the antidumping orders on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils
from Germany, Italy, and Mexico because the ITC made a negative determination
with respect to these countries.
The merchandise subject to these orders is classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the subheadings: 7219.13.00.31,
7219.13.00.51 7219.13.00.71, 7219.13.00.81, 7219.14.00.30, 7219.14.00.65,
7219.14.00.90, 7219.32.00.05, 7219.32.00.20, 7219.32.00.25, 7219.32.00.35,
7219.32.00.36, 7219.32.00.38, 7219.32.00.42, 7219.32.00.44, 7219.33.00.05,
7219.33.00.20, 7219.33.00.25, 7219.33.00.35, 219.33.00.36, 7219.33.00.38,
7219.33.00.42, 7219.33.00.44, 7219.34.00.05, 7219.34.00.20, 7219.34.00.25,
7219.34.00.30, 7219.34.00.35, 7219.35.00.05, 7219.35.00.15, 7219.35.00.30,
7219.35.00.35, 7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20, 7219.90.00.25, 7219.90.00.60,
7219.90.00.80, 7220.12.10.00, 7220.12.50.00, 7220.20.10.10, 7220.20.10.15,
7220.20.10.60, 7220.20.10.80, 7220.20.60.05, 7220.20.60.10, 7220.20.60.15,
7220.20.60.60, 7220.20.60.80, 7220.20.70.05, 7220.20.70.10, 7220.20.70.15,
7220.20.70.60, 7220.20.70.80, 7220.20.80.00, 7220.20.90.30, 7220.20.90.60,
7220.90.00.10, 7220.90.00.15, 7220.90.00.60, and 7220.90.00.80.
-Department of Commerce
participants in a pilot program for the Secure Transit
Corridors program, which will evaluate an experimental reusable high-security
lock in a real world environment. The experimental locks for this pilot
program, which is tentatively scheduled to begin Oct. 1 and last 12 months,
will be used in place of the high-security seals that are normally affixed to
containers bound for the U.S.
Partnership Against Terrorism that make entry through the ports of Detroit or
Nogales will be eligible to participate in the pilot. For members who use
Detroit, only supply chains utilizing highway carriers will be considered. For
members who use Nogales, only supply chains utilizing highway carriers and/or
rail carriers will be considered.
system readers at the facility grounds where the containers are loaded and
high-security seals are affixed to the containers. System readers will also
need to be installed at the C-TPAT member’s U.S. distribution centers or
warehouse facilities. The system readers create a geo-free-zone allowing the
experimental locks to be opened and closed without sending an alarm message to
the importer.
the pilot should email the following information to CBP industry.partnership@dhs.gov
by Aug. 15: company name, name of loading company/facility, address where container
is loaded, mode of transportation, port of entry, number of shipments
entering through Detroit and/or Nogales ports for a period of one year, commodity
and whether shipments require hazmat documentation.
Washington – U.S. Customs and Border Protection
announced today that Global Entry kiosks are now available at CBP preclearance
at Vancouver International Airport and Ottawa’s MacDonald-Cartier Airport, and
will be available at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport and Toronto’s
Lester B. Pearson International Airport by September.
The placement of Global Entry kiosks at Canadian preclearance
locations is part of the integration of the Global Entry and NEXUS Trusted
Traveler programs.
The integration of the Global Entry and NEXUS programs began in
December 2010, when CBP published a Federal Register Notice announcing that
NEXUS members could participate in Global Entry. With the deployment of Global
Entry kiosks to Canadian preclearance, Global Entry members will be able to
take advantage of the program when returning home from Canada. NEXUS members,
who have Global Entry benefits, have the option of using either the Global
Entry or NEXUS kiosks in preclearance.
“Having Global Entry kiosks at CBP preclearance sites in Canada
is another step we are taking to facilitate Global Entry and NEXUS members
traveling into the U.S.,” said Office of Field Operations Assistant
Commissioner Thomas S. Winkowski. “Trusted traveler members will now be able to
enjoy this benefit as CBP officers concentrate on those travelers who we know
less about and who may pose a risk to our homeland.”
Global Entry is a voluntary pilot program that streamlines the
international arrivals process for pre-approved travelers through use of self
service kiosks located at 20 major U.S. airports. The pilot program is an
alternative to regular passport processing procedures, allowing members to
bypass the regular line, and currently reduces average wait times by 70
percent. To date, Global Entry members have used the kiosks more than one
million times.
Global Entry is available to U.S. citizens and U.S lawful
permanent residents, as well as Mexican nationals. Citizens of the Netherlands
may also apply under a special reciprocal arrangement that links Global Entry
with the Dutch Privium program in Amsterdam. Canadian citizens and residents
may participate in Global Entry through membership in the NEXUS program.
Applications to Global Entry must first be submitted online. ( Global
Entry ) A
non-refundable fee of $100 is also collected via the website for a five year
membership. Applicants must then complete an in-person interview, at any of the
Global Entry enrollment centers, where fingerprints are collected.
Once enrolled in the pilot program, Global Entry members may
proceed directly to the kiosks in the inspection services area. At the kiosk,
members insert their passport or lawful permanent resident card into a document
reader, provide digital fingerprints for comparison with fingerprints on file,
answer customs declaration questions on the kiosk’s touch-screen, and then
present a transaction receipt to CBP officers before leaving the inspection
area.
Preclearance offers a convenience to travelers arriving in the
U.S. by completing all customs, immigration and agriculture inspections prior
to arriving at a U.S. port of entry. When pre-cleared passengers arrive in the
U.S. they can use domestic terminals and/or connect to their domestic flights
without further processing.
According to the United States Food and Drug Administration, because of the heavy damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami to the region, there are little or no products are currently being exported from the affected area. Products generally travel by vessel, and the typical transit time for products to reach the U.S. is about 8 days.
FDA’s import tracking system has been programmed to automatically flag all shipments of FDA-regulated products from Japan, and the Agency maintains a registry of companies that prepare, pack, manufacture, or hold food for intended consumption in the U.S. The Agency will be paying special attention to shipments from those companies in the affected area.
Standard operating procedure requires shippers to submit and FDA to receive prior notice of a shipment before the arrival of any shipments of FDA-regulated food/feed products. FDA’s Prior Notice Center (PNC) enables the agency to stop these products upon arrival at the U.S. border or before they are distributed in U.S. commerce if a credible threat is identified for any shipment.
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents routinely use radiation detection equipment to screen food imports, cargo, and travelers. This screening helps identify and resolve potential safety or security risks. FDA is working with CBP to determine if their Automated Targeting System can assist in identifying shipments of FDA-regulated products, other than food, originating from Japan before they arrive so that these shipments can be better targeted for examination. FDA’s import staff will review each shipment of regulated goods originating from Japan and determine if it should be examined and sampled or released.
If you have questions with regards to this new process, please contact your Bay Brokerage Inc. account manager or call our headquarters at 1-315-482-6161
THE CHALLENGE
A major Canadian manufacturer of finished high tech components was experiencing regular delays at U.S. airport hubs when shipping their products “Overnight Air” to U.S. destinations. Deliveries of these components were time-sensitive and expensive. Products were expected “Next Day AM”, so one or two day delays resulted in serious complaints from customers for both new products and replacement part shipments.
Based on Bay’s extensive experience importing products to and from the U.S. and Canada, develop a brokerage solution that would ensure on-time door-to-door AM deliveries for products to all states, eliminating delays at U.S. hub processing centers. This program had to include U.S. Customs brokerage services and be available Monday through Friday with Saturday delivery as an option.
THE SOLUTION
Start the process with Bay Logistics “same day clearance” at the Canadian border. Then have the freight picked up by Bay’s own fleet of trucks and cleared at U.S. Customs by Bay Brokerage. After clearance into the U.S., the freight was categorized as domestic air freight, delivered and loaded at the local airport that evening and then dispatched for delivery to the customers the following day for morning on-time delivery.
RESULTS
This complete Bay Solution resulted in immediate positive feedback from the Canadian manufacturer’s customers throughout the U.S. virtually eliminating late deliveries. Additionally, the Canadian shipper enjoyed a 27% savings over the former method.
Wellesley Island, NY, May, 2011 – Bay Brokerage, a leading U.S. Customs Broker providing logistics and compliance services at all U.S. ports has launched a new website dedicated to providing importers and exporters with an online reference for the exchange of goods across U.S. borders.
The new web site features expanded content including EDI solutions for importers covering all phases of ACE, ABI, and AMS; logistics information for cross-border shipping/warehousing; access to duty avoidance programs, proper classifications by industry and compliant appraisement methods; a complete Resource Center that provides a glossary, list of U.S. forms, FAQ’s and access to support materials. The redesign incorporates bold colors and graphics and completely new navigational tools. “Our online visitors will now experience a more vibrant and seamless view of Bay’s corporate vision and unique approach to providing the most comprehensive and professional customs brokerage in today’s global market,” said Ken Carmon, President and CEO of the Bay Brokerage companies. “The new site unites the capabilities of our wide ranging resources in Canada and the U.S. into one web-centric location.”
Located at www.baybrokerageus.dev2.kishmish.com/, the site uses a design format that is rapidly downloaded by all web search engines. Intuitively structured, it provides easy and rapid access to Bay’s latest technical developments, applications advances as well as updates on pertinent industry events and initiatives.
Full background information is given detailing the company, its quality accreditations, state-of-the-art EDI solutions and sales offices and in North America.
About Bay Brokerage
Bay Brokerage, Inc. is a full service customs broker, nationally licensed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency. Bay specializes in the clearance and distribution of goods for importers and exporters through customs barriers at any U.S. port of entry. Together with Bay Brokerage, Bay International Trade Solutions, Bay Consulting, and Bay Logistics ensure that more than 2500 daily shipments from around the world will arrive at their destination via air, sea, truck or rail with minimal delays and the lowest possible duty, freight and storage costs.