CBP has issued a memorandum announcing the fiscal year 2011 opening of the tariff rate quota on cocoa powder, as provided for in HTS Chapter 18, Additional U.S. Note 1. This TRQ opens on October 1, 2010, and the restraint level for all countries except Mexico is 2,313,000 kg.
CBP has issued a memorandum announcing a special import quota of 15,105,052 kg for upland cotton that is provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter III, U.S. Note 6 and is entered under HTS 9903.52.06. (CBP notes that this quantity is not subject to the TRQs in Chapter 52 Additional U.S. Notes 5 through 10.)
CBP has posted a memorandum announcing the September 20, 2010 opening of the tariff rate quota for certain cotton provided for in HTS Chapter 52, Additional U.S. Note 5 for the period September 20, 2010 through September 19, 2011.
An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message on OFAC's recent final rule that effective September 29, 2010, prohibits the commercial and non-commercial importation of certain foodstuffs, carpets and textile floor and wall coverings of Iranian origin.
An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)
On September 27, 2010, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the successful initiation of operations of radiation detection equipment at the Port of Valencia in Spain, installed as part of NNSA's nonproliferation Megaports Initiative.1
CBP has posted an updated version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) - an electronic query report for CF 1400 of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP has also posted an updated CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) - an electronic query report for CF 1401 of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.
CBP has posted an updated version of its Public Automated Commercial System FIRMS (Facilities Information and Resources Management Systems) report that is organized by port code and alphabetically by company name.