U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and responses regarding the mandatory advance electronic information requirements for truck carriers.
(a) Venus has a de minimis rate of 0.06%; no cash deposits will be collected.
On September 7, 2004, the President signed Proclamation 7808 in order to make various changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) with respect to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Acceleration Act of 2004 (AGOA III), the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), etc.
new shipper review; bonding will no longer be permitted to fulfill AD security requirements.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice announcing that, in conjunction with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), it plans to conduct a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning the transmission of automated truck manifest (ATM) data.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published a notice in the Federal Register stating that on July 27, 2004, the Court of International Trade (CIT) ordered the ITA to find that no countervailable subsidies are being provided for the production or exportation of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Thailand.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a preliminary negative countervailing (CV) duty determination on bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Thailand. The ITA states that it has preliminarily determined that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to producers and exporters of bottle-grade PET resin from Thailand.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following countervailing (CV) duty administrative review:
(a) preliminary de minimis CV rate of 1.62% for Futura. Liquidation will not be suspended and there will be no CV bond/cash deposit requirement as a result of this preliminary determination.
CBP Issues Proposed Interpretive Rule on Classification of Baseball-Style Caps with Ornamental Braid
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a proposed interpretive rule regarding the classification of baseball-style caps with ornamental braid. Comments on this proposed interpretive rule are due by October 26, 2004.