CSMS # 64306990 - Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) Publishes Updated CATAIR/Implementation Guide

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CSMS # 64306990 - Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) Publishes Updated CATAIR/Implementation Guide

An updated version of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) CATAIR has been posted in the “PGA Message Set Documents” section of CBP’s CATAIR webpage. The direct link to the document is found here: https://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/ams-catair-guidelines.

This update includes clarification of ‘OR1’ and ‘OR2’ message set use, related to data submitted for the National Organic Program. Under the Specialty Crops Program ‘MO’ message sets, Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) code additions have been made for onions, and grapefruit, including breaking out pomelos, and HTS codes for walnuts have been removed.

For questions about the document or about filing the AMS PGA Message Set in ACE, contact AMS_IMPORTS@USDA.gov.

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