CBP Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice to inform travelers that on or after August 12, 2004, a commercial shipment of food (except some meat, poultry, and egg products) carried by a traveler into the U.S. for which prior notice has not been provided to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is subject to refusal of admission to the U.S., and may be held at the port of arrival unless directed to another location. According to CBP, this requirement is mandated by what is commonly known as the Bioterrorism Act. (CBP notice available via fax by emailing staff@brokerpower.com)
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1. CBP Notice to Travelers on Bioterrorism Act's Prior Notice Requirement
2. CBP Issues 2002-2003 Year-End Raw Sugar Quota Report
CBP has issued its year-end quota report for raw sugar imported during the period October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003 (HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note 5(a)). CBP states that this report reflects the total quantity entered against the quota limit for all subject countries, and notes that imported quantities in excess of the 2002-2003 quota limit will be charged to the 2003-2004 quota period. According to CBP's notice, the excess quantities listed (referred to as "rollover quantities" by CBP) are the result of adjustments to the initial quantities due to polarization testing. (QBT-04-506, dated 02/05/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/ImageCache/cgov/content/import/textiles/qbt/qbt2004/2004_2d506_2edoc/v1/2004_2d506.doc)
3. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of February 2, 2004
CBP has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of February 2, 2004. This report includes tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics under HTS 9902.51.11 & 9902.51.12, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 02/02/04, available at http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
4. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.
(The CBP messages marked with an * cover much of the same information as the ITA notices; however, CBPs' messages often list the 10-character case number specific to each listed company(s). ITA notices only list the 7-character master case number. In addition, sometimes the master case number for CBP purposes (in parentheses, below, where applicable) differs from the ITA master case number.)
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(CBP electronic bulletin board notices available at
http://www.cebb.customs.treas.gov/public/cgi/cebb.exe?mode=fa&area=14)