- To : Automated Broker Interface, ACE Portal Accounts
Subject: Mexican Sugar Export License
The purpose of this message is to inform Customs Brokers and importers about the procedures
which will be used to submit Mexican sugar export licenses and report the Mexican sugar export license number to CBP.
On December 29, 2014, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) published in the Federal Register the Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar from Mexico; and on December 30, 2014, the DOC provided instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in message #4364303. This message is available in the AD/CVD module in ACE and in ADDCVD Search on cbp.gov.
In accordance with the Suspension Agreement and the DOC instructions, effective February 17, 2015, CBP shall require presentation of an Export License as a condition for entry of all consumption entries of sugar from Mexico into the United States. See message #4364303 for the scope of the merchandise covered by the suspension agreement.
Please see the attached procedures to submit an image of the Mexican sugar export license.