CBP Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2005 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on dried milk as provided for in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 7 will open on Monday, January 3, 2005 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones with a low-duty quantity of 5,261,000 kg. CBP notes that imports described in HTS Chapter 4, AUSN 7 are subject to agriculture licensing. (See CBP's notice for list of applicable HTS numbers as well as special instructions on (i) when no license is used or presented, and (ii) imports from Canada, Chile, Mexico, Jordan, and Singapore.) (QBT-04-572, dated 12/10/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/04_572.ctt/04_572.doc)
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1. 2005 TRQ on Dried Milk Opens January 3, 2005
2. 2005 TRQ on Dried Milk and Dried Cream Opens January 3, 2005
CBP has announced that the 2005 TRQ on dried milk and dried cream as provided for in HTS Chapter 4, AUSN 8 will open on Monday, January 3, 2005 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones with a low-duty quantity of 3,321,300 kg. CBP notes that imports described in HTS Chapter 4, AUSN 8 are subject to agriculture licensing. (See CBP's notice for list of applicable HTS numbers as well as special instructions on (i) when no license is used or presented, and (ii) imports from Canada, Chile, Mexico, Jordan, and Singapore.) (QBT-04-573, dated 12/10/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/04_573.ctt/04_573.doc)
3. 2005 TRQ on Animal Feed Containing Milk/Milk Derivatives Opens January 3, 2005
CBP has announced that the 2005 TRQ on animal feed containing milk or milk derivatives as provided for in HTS Chapter 23, AUSN 2 will open on Monday, January 3, 2005 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones with the below-listed countries having the following low-duty quantities:
| Australia | 56,699 kg | New Zealand | 1,782,618 kg |
| Ireland | 5,470,323 kg | United Kingdom | 83,914 kg |
In addition to the above amounts, 6,146 kg is available at the low-duty rate for most countries or areas. (See CBP's notice for list of applicable HTS numbers as well as special instructions for imports from Canada, Chile, Mexico, Jordan, and Singapore.) (QBT-04-575, dated 12/10/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/04_575.ctt/04_575.doc)
4. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of December 20, 2004
CBP has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of December 20, 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 12/20/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)