The President of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America's (NCBFAA) has issued a letter to the Chair of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Subcommittee in the Office of the U.S Trade Representative (USTR) calling on the administration to work closely with Congress to ensure a timely, long-term renewal of the GSP beyond its December 31, 2006 expiration date. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/11/06 news, 06081110, for BP summary of USTR's request for comments on changes, etc. to the GSP program.)(NCBFAA letter, announcement dated 08/31/06, available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted its new Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum-security criteria for rail carriers, which are effective as of August 29, 2006.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted its new Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum-security criteria for foreign manufacturers, which are effective as of August 29, 2006.
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.
In June 2006, the World Customs Organization (WCO) Council adopted guidelines for the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program, as part of the Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade (SAFE Framework).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has previously announced that the next Customs Broker License Examination will be held on Tuesday, October 3, 2006.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a press release announcing that its three-day Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Exchange Conference addressing ACE's modernized, secure trade processing that took place in Chicago, Illinois on August 15-17, 2006 has concluded. CBP has also posted to its Web site 27 PowerPoint presentations that were presented during the conference.
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.
An August 2006 version of the "Trade User's Guide for ACE-ESAR Release A2" has been released. This pamphlet was prepared by two members of the trade community to help current ABI/ACS customs brokers, self-filers, and their automation vendors focus on significant changes they might experience as ACE ESAR (Entry Summary, Accounts, Revenue) is rolled out.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that it has cancelled without prejudice 356 individual Customs broker licenses for failure to file the triennial status report and applicable fee, which were due February 28, 2006.