U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that the new Automated Commercial Environment reports tool has been temporarily disabled.
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 that are subject to "agreed quotas" and publicly traded. (These publicly traded quota prices have been provided by a Hong Kong quota broker.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that the fifth group of land border ports to become mandatory for the Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes will be those in Idaho and Montana effective August 6, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue A1 is scheduled to be deployed (go into production) on August 11, 2007.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing 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.
The Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a notice announcing the initiation of and requesting comments on a pilot program1 to demonstrate the ability of Mexico-based motor carriers to operate safely in the U.S. beyond the commercial zones along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Broker Power has listed the 2007 "General" Column 1 rates of duty for certain knit apparel that is 70% or more by weight silk or silk waste and is subject to a silk category number (7XX). (The "Special" Column 1 rates of duty (e.g. under the NAFTA or DR-CAFTA, etc.) are not included.)
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has recently posted to its Web site a notice announcing that effective May 1, 2007, it will no longer accept "carbon paper" and "downloadable" versions of the following application forms, and that only the D-Trade (electronic) version of these forms may be used, and must be submitted through D-Trade:
Broker Power has listed the 2007 "General" Column 1 rates of duty for certain knit apparel that is subject to a silk blend (SB) and/or a non-cotton vegetable fiber (NCVF) category number (833-859). The "Special" Column 1 rates of duty (e.g. under the NAFTA or DR-CAFTA, etc.) are not included.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted Amendment 5 (dated April 2007) to the Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR)-Intermodal. According to CBP, the changes in Amendment 5 are as follows: