In the July 30, 2004 Federal Register, an Executive Order (EO), an interim rule, and a final rule were published in order to, among other things, set forth changes to the U.S. government's export, reexport, and licensing policies with respect to Iraq.
American Shipper reports that to cover the extra risk associated with the deferred payment of customs duties under the new periodic payment system, surety companies are raising the premiums on performance bonds used by importers and their brokers to guarantee duties will be paid to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The article notes one surety's view that for a typical importer that imports on a fairly regular schedule, they are looking at five times the credit risk for the same series of transactions. (American Shipper, August 2004)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that the third 2003/2004 specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on August 10, 2004, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP, the pro rata percentage is 38.58% (.3858).
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by September 2, 2004 regarding a "commercial availability" petition it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Picacho, S.A.:
The Washington Post reports that on August 16, 2004, members of the September 11 commission urged Congress to impose strict deadlines on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to close loopholes in the nation's transportation system, stating that the administration has not developed strategic plans to protect the nation's rail system, ports, etc.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice announcing that, effective August 11, 2004, the above categories were adjusted for swing.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing that the deadline to submit petitions for the 2004 Annual Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) Review is September 15, 2004. In addition, the USTR states that it will publish a list of petitions filed in response to this announcement in the Federal Register.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a guidance document entitled, Prior Notice of Imported Food Contingency Plan for System Outages, which represents the FDA's and U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) current thinking on submission options for prior notice (PN) of imported food in the event of system outages affecting the applicable FDA and CBP program systems.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice informing truck carriers of the compliance dates for transmitting advance electronic information to CBP for cargo they are bringing into the U.S., as mandated by the Trade Act of 2002 and a December 5, 2003 final rule.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.