CBP Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued two administrative messages stating that, effective February 23, 2004, the filing of U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (UCFTA) and U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SFTA) claims via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) system is now available for the tariff preference levels (TPLs) for textiles and/or apparel and the tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for agricultural products.
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1. ABI Processing Now Available for Chile and Singapore FTA TPLs and TRQs
(See ITT's Online Archives or 02/25/04 news, 04022505, for BP summary of another CBP announcement that claims can be submitted for the UCFTA and SFATA through ABI.)
(QBT-04-507 (agricultural TRQs, dated 02/23/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/ImageCache/cgov/content/import/textiles/qbt/qbt2004/2004_5f507_2edoc/v1/2004_5f507.doc,
QBT-04-004 (textile and/or apparel TPLs, dated 02/23/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/ImageCache/cgov/content/import/textiles/qbt/qbt2004/2004_5f004_2edoc/v1/2004_5f004.doc)
2. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of February 17, 2004
CBP has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of February 17, 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 02/17/04, available at http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
3. Press Release on Delay in Full Enforcement of the Term "Shipper" in the Inbound Ocean Advance Manifest Regulations
CBP has posted to its Web site a press release on its delay in the enforcement of the term "shipper" in the inbound ocean advance manifest regulations. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/24/04 news 04022405 for BP summary on this delay. CBP press release (dated 02/23/04) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/02232004.xml )
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.)
| Rescission of AD/CV duty administrative review, in part |
(CBP electronic bulletin board notices available at:
http://www.cebb.customs.treas.gov/public/cgi/cebb.exe?mode=fa&area=14)