CBP issued its Sept. 4 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 37), which contains nine notices of the following ruling actions:
In the Sept. 4 issue of the CBP Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 37), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of docking stations with speaker systems for MP3 players.
Indonesia will announce acceptance of “merchandise passports,” also known as carnets, during the December’s World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Bali, a move that should boost U.S. trade with the country, said the U.S. Council for International Business. "Indonesia aims to begin accepting ATA Carnets in early 2014," said the USCIB. The 73 countries that participate in the ATA Carnets passport system waive customs duties and taxes on various goods brought into a country temporarily.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Sept. 3. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.
CBP posted a Sept. 2 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) provided some questions and answers outlining new financial and licensing requirements to be implemented under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The Q-and-A, a response to many requests from motor carriers and transportation companies, does not mention customs brokers specifically, but does discuss the responsibilities of freight forwarders under the regulations. There's been ongoing concerns as to how the legislation would apply to customs brokers (see 13041101), despite assurance from the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America that the bill's language exempts most work done by customs brokers (see 12070325).
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks from China (A-570-941). The agency found a zero AD rate for New King Shan (Zhu Hai) Co., Ltd. If continued in the final results, period of review entries from New King Shan will be liquidated without regard to AD duties, and its merchandise will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
CBP received no comments on proposed ruling revocations in the July 31 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 32), said a CBP spokeswoman. Comments were due Aug. 30 on a notice proposing to modify a ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of marine propulsion systems (see 13080109).
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