On May 4, 2006, the House of Representatives amended and passed H.R. 4954, the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act.
ITA Refines its Proposed Changes for Valuing Market Economy Inputs for AD Proceedings Involving NMEs
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a third notice on possible changes to its market economy inputs practice in antidumping (AD) proceedings involving non-market economy countries (NMEs). Written comments on its proposals are due by April 19, 2006.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has scheduled the next Customs Broker License Examination for Monday, April 3, 2006.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release announcing that the U.S. and Colombia have concluded their work on a free trade agreement (FTA).
On February 7, 2006, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an ABI administrative message advising ABI filers of drawback claims of a change of address used to mail "hold harmless" agreement documents and cover letters to CBP. According to CBP, these documents are required at the time the ABI filer submits a request to query an importer's entry summary records.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message advising ABI filers of drawback claims of a change of address used to mail "hold harmless" agreement documents and cover letters to CBP. According to CBP, these documents are required at the time the ABI filer submits a request to query an importer's entry summary records.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to its Web site its quarterly report on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entitled Report to Congress: The Automated Commercial Environment. This report is dated September 30, 2005 and covers the July 1, 2005 - September 30, 2005 period.
At its December 1, 2005 meeting, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) presented its proposal for certain "green lane" benefits for Tier 3 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) members.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a summary of changes to the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) on its Web site, indicating that Version 1.0 was changed or features were added or deleted on January 11, 2006 as follows:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an ABI administrative message on January 9, 2006 announcing that a change was made to an Automated Export System (AES) database over the January 7, 2006 weekend which affected any JJ drawback applications filed since Saturday, January 7, 2006 a.m. CBP noted that there were only 12 such jobs affected.