CBP Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release stating that small (pleasure) boaters and their family members and guests entering the U.S. must report for inspection, which may be obtained by: being in possession of a pre-approved form I-68 or NEXUS member proximity card; physically reporting for inspection to the nearest open port-of-entry (POE); or by utilizing an Outlying Area Reporting Station (OARS)/videophone station. CBP notes that it is currently exploring options to better facilitate small boater entry. (CBP press release, dated 06/07/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/06072004.xml)
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1. Small (Pleasure) Boaters Entering the U.S. Must Report for Inspection
2. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of June 7, 2004
CBP has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of June 7, 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 06/07/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)