CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that its most recent Harmonized System (HS) update (No. 0505) contains:
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1. HS Update Reflects Upcoming GSP Changes, OGA Flag Changes, Etc.
Changes to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) contained in an upcoming Presidential Proclamation. CBP states that a majority of the changes involve granting GSP benefits to India on selected merchandise. There are various effective dates, but a majority of the changes are effective July 1, 2005;
Changes to the Other Government Agency (OGA) flags on the tariff file;
Changes mandated by the 484(f) Committee, effective July 1, 2005; and
Changes required by the verification of the 2005 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). CBP states that it will continue to verify the 2005 HTS for the remainder of the year.
CBP states that updated records are currently available to all ABI participants and can be retrieved electronically via the procedures outlined in the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR). (Adm: 05-0692, dated 06/24/05, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-0692.ADM)
2. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
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, CBP's 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.)
| South Korea | A-580-847 | Adm: 05-0618 |
| United Kingdom | A-412-822 | Adm: 05-0618 |
| China | A-570-886 | Adm: 05-0617 |
| Italy | A-475-201 A-475-203 | Adm: 05-0604 |
| Italy | A-475-201A-475-203 | Adm: 05-0605 |
| Italy | A-475-201A-475-203 | Adm: 05-0606 |
| United Kingdom | A-412-201A-412-203 | Adm: 05-0607 |
| France | A-427-201A-427-203A-427-205 | Adm: 05-0608 |
| China | A-570-504 | Adm: 05-0609 |
| China | A-570-504 | Adm: 05-0610 |
| China | A-570-504 | Adm: 05-0611 |
| China | A-570-504 | Adm: 05-0612 |
| China | A-570-504 | Adm: 05-0613 |
| China | A-570-504 | Adm: 05-0614 |
| China | A-570-504 | Adm: 05-0615 |
| Action Legend | |
|---|---|
| AFR | Cash deposit instructions from amended final results of AD administrative review |
| AL | Automatic liquidation instructions as no administrative review was requested |
| CJ | Correction to notice on injunction |
| INJ | Injunction enjoining liquidation |
| LI | Liquidation (unspecified) |
| LIA | Liquidation due to amended final AD determination |
| LIR | Liquidation instructions due to rescission in part of AD duty administrative review |
| LIS | Liquidation due to scope ruling |
| LIS1 | Liquidation due to scope ruling involving stainless steel wire rod from India used in manufacturing stainless steel bar from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
| LIS2 | Liquidation due to scope ruling involving stainless steel bar from India manufactured in UAE with stainless steel wire rod from India |
| SR | Scope ruling (whether a product(s) is in scope of order) |
| STE | Termination of suspended AD investigation |
The messages listed above are availablefrom http://www.brokerpower.net/admin_messages/ (and can be searched by message number, country, product, etc.).