CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that it has completed the necessary programming changes for automated filing through the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) for the new textile provision and "abundant supply" apparel provision recently added to the African Growth and Opportunity Act for lesser developed beneficiary countries (LDBCs). CBP states that claims for preferential tariff treatment under the new AGOA provision in HTS 9819.15.10 (denim) for qualifying merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after October 1, 2006 may be filed via ABI.
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1. CBP Posts Notice on Ability to File AGOA Denim Entries Via ABI
(CBP sources have stated by phone that they previously announced the completion of this programming in a May 14, 2007 ABI administrative message and posted this second notice for those who may not have access to administrative messages. See ITT's Online Archives or 05/16/07 news, 07051605, for BP summary of CBP's ABI message on Automated Commercial System (ACS) programming.) (TBT-07-011, dated 06/22/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/tbts/tbt2007/tbt_07_011.ctt/tbt_07_011.doc)