CBP Issues Instructions on Feb 12 Expiration of ATPA/ATPDEA
CBP has issued a CSMS message regarding the February 12, 2011 expiration of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) and Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA).
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(ATPA/ATPDEA for Colombia and Ecuador expired on February 12, 2011. (On December 29, 2010, the President signed into law a H.R. 6517, the Omnibus Trade Act, which extended ATPA/ATPDEA for Colombia and Ecuador through February 12, 2011, from its original expiration date of December 31, 2010. ATPA/ATPDEA was not extended for Peru; its eligibility expired on December 31, 2010 (Peru has a free trade agreement with the U.S.)
Importers Must Pay NTR Rate for ATPA/ATDEA Eligible Goods
Importers are required to pay the normal trade relations (column 1) for ATPA- and ATPDEA-eligible goods entered after February 12, 2011.
J and J+ SPIs Not Accepted for Entry Summaries with Duty Date of/after Feb 13
Claims with the special program indicators J and J+ will not be accepted for entry summaries with a duty computation date of February 13, 2011 or later.
Bills Introduced to Reinstate GSP and/or ATPA/ATPDEA
On February 8, 2011, Senators Casey (D) and Brown (D) introduced S. 308, a bill to amend and reinstate the Generalized System of Preferences Program, reinstate the ATPA/ATPDEA and extend Trade Adjustment Assistance.
On February 10, 2011, Representative Camp (R), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill (H.R. 622) to reinstate ATPDEA through June 30, 2011. H.R. 622 is not currently on the House schedule for the week of February 14, 2011; however, it could be added to this week’s schedule at a later date.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 02/14/11 news, 11021426, for BP summary.)
(CSMS #11-000051, dated 02/11/11)