U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site various materials related to presentations made at the September 26-29, 2005 meeting of the Trade Support Network (TSN).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice on two aspects of a CBP interim rule which, effective October 5, 2005, amended 19 CFR Parts 12, 102, 141, 144, 146 and 163 in order to update, restructure, and consolidate the regulations relating to the country of origin of textile and apparel products. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/06/05 news, 05100605, for BP summary.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an expanded trade update on Hurricane Rita, dated October 4, 2005, which lists the status of ports of entry in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi that were in the path of Hurricane Rita and/or that are recovering from Hurricane Katrina. In addition, CBP has also issued a trade questions-and-answers (Q&A) document in response to Hurricane Rita.
According to a September 28, 2005 Textile Development Memo issued by the U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is about to unveil an interim regulation repealing the multicountry and single textile declaration requirement. According to the article, a formal Federal Register notice is imminent and will, on an interim basis, revise 19 CFR 12.130 to delete the textile declaration requirement. (USA-ITA TDM dated 09/28/05, www.usaita.com.)
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."
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."
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."
According to American Shipper, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert Bonner stated at a recent National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) conference that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is still grappling with how to get commercial information about international cargo movements earlier in the supply chain in order to improve targeting of high risk containers and reduce the amount of cargo held for automated or physical inspections. (ShippersNewsWire, dated 09/23/05, www.americanshipper.com )
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing the opening of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on mixes and doughs as provided for in HTS Chapter 19, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 3 for the period October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006.
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice stating that the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business (ITAC-11) will hold a meeting on October 3, 2005 in Greensboro, NC to discuss topics regarding the North Carolina Trade Policy update, small business development etc. (USTR notice, FR Pub 09/21/05, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-18822.pdf