2017-01580: Regulatory Implementation of the Centers of Excellence and Expertise

Summary

This document provides an additional 60 days for interested parties to submit comments on the interim final rule that amended the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations establishing the Centers of Excellence and Expertise ("Centers") as a permanent organizational component of the agency and transitioning certain additional trade functions to the Centers. The interim final rule was published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2016, with comments due on or before January 19, 2017. To have as much public participation as possible in the formulation of the final rule, CBP is extending the comment period to March 20, 2017.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 32 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 19 CFR 4 Vessels in Foreign and Domestic Trades
• 19 CFR 7 Customs Relations with Insular Possessions and Guantanamo Bay Naval Station
• 19 CFR 10 Articles Conditionally Free, Subject to a Reduced Rate, Etc.
• 19 CFR 11 Packing and Stamping; Marking
• 19 CFR 12 Special Classes of Merchandise
• 19 CFR 24 Customs Financial and Accounting Procedure
• 19 CFR 54 Certain Importations Temporarily Free of Duty
• 19 CFR 101 General Provisions
• 19 CFR 102 Rules of Origin
• 19 CFR 103 Availability of Information
• 19 CFR 113 CBP Bonds
• 19 CFR 132 Quotas
• 19 CFR 133 Trademarks, Trade Names, and Copyrights
• 19 CFR 134 Country of Origin Marking
• 19 CFR 141 Entry of Merchandise
• 19 CFR 142 Entry Process
• 19 CFR 143 Special Entry Procedures
• 19 CFR 144 Warehouse and Rewarehouse Entries and Withdrawals
• 19 CFR 145 Mail Importations
• 19 CFR 146 Foreign Trade Zones
• 19 CFR 147 Trade Fairs
• 19 CFR 151 Examination, Sampling, and Testing of Merchandise
• 19 CFR 152 Classification and Appraisement of Merchandise
• 19 CFR 158 Relief from Duties on Merchandise Lost, Damaged, Abandoned, or Exported
• 19 CFR 159 Liquidation of Duties
• 19 CFR 161 General Enforcement Provisions
• 19 CFR 162 Inspection, Search, and Seizure
• 19 CFR 163 Recordkeeping
• 19 CFR 173 Administrative Review in General
• 19 CFR 174 Protests
• 19 CFR 176 Proceedings in the Court of International Trade
• 19 CFR 181 North American Free Trade Agreement