CBP Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc

1. CBP Correction to Notices on Upcoming UCFTA and SFTA ABI System Requirements

In its previously issued messages, CBP had stated that originating goods qualifying under the UCFTA or SFTA were exempt from the merchandise processing fees, and listed the applicable fee class codes of 311 (informal fee), 499 (formal merchandise processing fee), and 496 (dutiable mail fee).

However, CBP is correcting those messages to reflect the fact that originating goods under the UCFTA and SFTA are not exempt from the dutiable mail fee (class code 496).

(See ITT's Online Archives or 01/07/04 news, 04010710, for BP summary of CBP's future ABI system requirements for filing UCFTA claims. See ITT's Online Archives or 01/16/04 news, 04011605, for BP summary of CBP's future ABI system requirements for SFTA claims.) (CBP's ABI administrative message (Adm: 04-0196, dated 02/11/04) available by email or fax by emailing staff@brokerpower.com.)

2. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of February 9, 2004

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of February 9, 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 02/09/04, available at http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)

3. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions

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.)

(CBP electronic bulletin board notices available at:

http://www.cebb.customs.treas.gov/public/cgi/cebb.exe?mode=fa&area=14)