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The record
- Jurisdiction
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection; all ports of entry
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 19 U.S.C. 1505; 19 C.F.R. part 24
- Issued
- 2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-27
- End
- payment deadlines stated in the message (late March and early April 2020) (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 27, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- importers
- customs brokers
- sureties
- Functions reached
- CB importers' cash flow
- OP brokers' payment processing
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS
Operative words
[CBP notifies the trade] community that CBP is no longer accepting requests for additional days for payment, [and provides guidance to Brokers (including brokers that made requests on behalf of] importers), Importers and Sureties on processing the universe of entries affected by the [previous message].... ALL single payments, daily and periodic monthly statement payments of estimated [duties, taxes and fees that were due 3/20/2020 through 3/26/2020] but were deferred based on CSMS message 42097586, must be initiated by [the stated dates]. If a trade member did not pay CBP for estimated duties, taxes and fees due 3/20/2020 through 3/26/2020, payment should be initiated via FedWire or ACH credit.
Enforcement
Notes
Closes the case-by-case extension window one week after it opened; the statutory 90-day postponement followed on April 19-20, 2020.
Retrieval noteText read in full; bracketed words bridge line breaks. the legal effect (if any) lies in the rule, statute or order it announces (e.g., 85 Fed. Reg. 22349 for the duty postponement; 19 U.S.C. 1318). Cite the message as evidence of the operating regime).