U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted various notices to its Web site as follows:
CBP has posted to its Web site a memorandum announcing that imports of ethyl alcohol from countries belonging to the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), that previously had tariff rate quota (TRQ) benefits under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), may now be processed in the Automatic Broker Interface (ABI) system using the special program indicator (SPI) "P."
According to an Associated Press article, on September 7, 2006, Senators announced agreement on port security legislation which resembles legislation passed by the House of Representatives in May 2006. Since September 7, 2006, the Senate has been considering its own version of H.R. 4954, the Safe Port Act. (See ITT's Online Archives or 05/18/06 news, 06051810, for the final part of BP's summary of the House's passage of H.R. 4954.)(Associated Press article, dated 09/07/06, available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ports_security;_ylt=AiR59Lax2VqUX19Hc94WH6ms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--.
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. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published an updated list of ports that accept the electronic CBP Form 214 (e214, Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Admission and/or Status Designation) in lieu of a paper copy.
Broker Power is able to provide quota prices (generally twice a month) for a limited number of textile and apparel categories from the People's Republic of China (China) that are subject to "agreed quotas" and publicly traded. (These publicly traded quota prices have been provided by a Hong Kong quota broker.)
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. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site Amendment 11, dated August 2006, to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document.
The State Department has issued a public notice which announces that effective August 17, 2006, the U.S. is revoking all export licenses to Venezuela, as well as taking certain other export actions, as follows:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice to its Web site inviting importers, brokers, truck carriers, and software companies and self programmers with capabilities to transmit electronic truck manifest via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) or those who are interested in providing this capability, to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Exchange II Conference on October 30-November 2, 2006 in Tucson, Arizona.