U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a second revised version of its trade update regarding Hurricane Katrina.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a notice announcing that the next meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) will be held on October 6, 2005 in Redondo Beach, CA. (This committee was previously called the 'Treasury Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service.")
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."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a trade update regarding Hurricane Katrina, highlights of which are provided below:
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."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the automation requirements for its voluntary test of the submission of electronic Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) admission applications, including record layouts, mandatory fields, error messages, and other programming details.
According to The Journal of Commerce, the Intermodal Container Inspection System (ICIS), developed by a San Diego-based company and a Hong Kong container terminal association has been extended beyond its six-month trial run in order to give Department of Homeland Security officials and congressional staff more time to see the system in action. The article states that the ICIS project is designed to record data from a container and collect a gamma-ray image of its interior as the truck approaches the terminal gate. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/10/05 news, 05081005 for earlier mention of this 100% scanning system.)(JoC Online, 08/26/05, www.joc.com )
The State Department has issued a final rule, effective August 29, 2005, which makes various amendments to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which are highlighted as follows:
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."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a new "Trade Engagement Biweekly Reports" which summarize topics discussed during workshops held to develop the business requirements for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 5.