Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
Shippers NewsWire reports that a Cuban refugee who hid herself in a small wooden crate arrived at Miami International Airport on August 24, 2004 aboard an all-cargo aircraft from the Bahamas. According to the article, this is the second time in a year that a stowaway has been discovered flying in the hold of a cargo plane and critics are pointing to the incident as another example of how U.S. air cargo security measures have lagged passenger screening. (SNW dated 08/26/04, www.americanshipper.com.)
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1. Cuban Stowaway in Wooden Crate Discovered in Hold of Cargo Plane
2. TTB Recodifies and Amends its Regulations on the Importation of Tobacco Products, Cigarette Papers and Tubes
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued a final rule (T.D. TTB-16), effective August 26, 2004, which recodifies its regulations pertaining to the importation of tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes. TTB's final rule also makes administrative changes to these regulations to reflect TTB's new name and organizational structure resulting from changes made by the Homeland Security Act of 2002. According to TTB, this final rule does not include any substantive regulatory changes. (TTB notice, FR Pub 08/26/04, http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-19418.pdf.)
3. WCO Draft Agenda for N. Africa & Near, Middle East Conference on Supply Chain Security & Facilitation
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has posted to its Web site the draft agenda for its regional conference for North Africa and the Near and Middle East regarding security and facilitation of the international trade supply chain, which will be held on September 8-10, 2004 in Amman, Jordan. (Draft agenda available at http://www.wcoomd.org/ie/En/en.html)
4. FMC Reissues OTI Licenses
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has announced that it has reissued the following ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) licenses:
| License | Company | Date Reissued |
| 017958NF | DLM Ventures, Inc. (FL) | 07/17/04 |
| 011157N | The Norton Line Inc. (CA) | 07/10/04 |
(FMC notice, FR Pub 08/11/04, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-18376.pdf)