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U.S., Chile Sign Customs Agreement
July 9, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

The U.S. and Chile signed a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement on June 30 that outlines collaborative work on security and trade facilitation between the two countries, CBP said in a press release. The White House previously said the agreement was in the works (see 14063032). The agreement will help CBP and ICE in the effort to "work to prevent, detect and investigate customs offenses,” said CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske.

CBP Releases July 9 Customs Bulletin
July 9, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP released its July 9 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 27). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions and general notices.

Correction: Change to HTS Clarifies MPF Exemption for Certain Trade Programs
July 7, 2014 by Brian Feito|Customs

Correction: An edit in HTS Revision 1 to General Statistical Note 3(c) clarifies that goods can be imported free of merchandise processing fee (MPF) using SPIs for the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft (C#), Agreement on Trade in Pharmaceutical Products (K#), or the Uruguay Round Concessions on Intermediate Chemicals for Dyes (L#), so long as the goods are either (1) originating in an MPF-exempt free trade or trade promotion agreement country or (2) products of a country that is eligible for an MPF-exempt special tariff program (see 14070302).