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CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the third specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) (i.e. tranche) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on March 22, 2005, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP the pro rata percentage is .2094 (20.94%). (See notice for reporting instructions.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/15/05 news, 05031520, for BP summary of the opening of this quota. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/22/04 news, 04102220, for BP summary of CBP's notice announcing instructions for the 2004/2005 global TRQs for specialty sugar.) (QBT-05-510, dated 03/25/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_510.ctt/05_510.doc)

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1. 3rd Global Specialty Sugar TRQ Oversubscribed at Opening Moment

2. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trades)

The following is a list of documents recently posted to CBP's Web site:

Reports on Entry/Clearance of Vessels. CBP has posted to its Web site in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, the weekly electronic query reports for (i) CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) of the Vessel Manifest System (VMS), and (ii) CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) of the VMS. Both reports are dated March 18, 2005 and are available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/carriers/cf1400.ctt/cf1400.pdf (CF 1400) and http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/carriers/cf1401.ctt/cf1401.pdf (CF 1401)