U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site Amendment 13, dated November 2006, to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document.
In Retamal and Galvin v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, The CAFC rules that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction to consider the revocation of a customs broker's license for failure to timely file a Triennial Status Report, and remanded the case back to the CIT for dismissal.
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.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a November 2006 version of its commercial importing guide entitled "Importing into the United States: A Guide for Commercial Importers."
In U.S. v. UPS Customhouse Brokerage, Inc., dba UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., the Court of International Trade (CIT) has certified UPS' immediate interlocutory appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on the following question of law regarding multiple broker penalties:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a new version of its Foreign Trade Zones Manual (FTZ Manual) which it compiled as a joint effort with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (FTZB), the Bureau of the Census (Census), and the National Association of FTZs.
CBP has issued an administrative message stating that Electronic Invoice Processing (EIP)/Remote Location Filing (RLF) entries filed using port 2713 (Hueneme) are unable to be processed at this time. CBP states that, until further notice, filers should use port 2713 as the port of unlading, and port 2704 as the port of entry. (CBP Adm: 06-1190, dated 11/15/06, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2006/2006-1190.ADM)
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.
The Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Associations held its annual Western Cargo Conference (WESCCON) on October 19-21, 2006 in Irvine, CA, during which officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spoke.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message regarding revisions to the Broker Download (BD) Chapter of the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR).