FDAImports.com hired Ryan Fournier and Celeste Del Rio-Kasper as associates in the firm.
The Border Trade Alliance (BTA) announced the its leaders for 2013.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP posted documents on changes to the ACE ABI Customs and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR).
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Nov. 19. 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 released its Nov. 21 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 48). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include Court of International Trade decisions.
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for Nov. 13-16 in case they were missed.
Numerous objections in the Miscellaneous Tariff Bills (MTB) process filed by the Obama Administration regarding the duty suspensions of footwear and apparel provisions should be withdrawn, said the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA). The AAFA complained of the objections in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank. A huge number of duty suspensions would expire if Congress doesn't pass a MTB by the end of the year.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said he hopes to see the Senate move quickly to approve legislation that would lower barriers on trade with Russia by repealing legislation that limits trade with communist countries. The House of Representatives voted to approve the bill (HR-6156) Nov. 16. "Passing this bill will provide a one-sided economic benefit for the U.S. by boosting our exports to Russia, and that’s exactly what America’s ranchers, farmers, workers and businesses need,” Baucus said. “I will continue to work in the Senate to get PNTR across the finish line and onto the President’s desk before the end of the year. We need to act now to take advantage of this opportunity and provide a much needed boost to our economy.” Several business groups, including the Business Roundtable and the National Foreign Trade Council, also urged quick Senate passage of the legislation.
CBP's Office of Information and Technology has posted an updated list of companies/persons offering ABI data processing services to the trade community.