The International Trade Commission has posted to its Web site Revision 1 (dated April 1, 2008) of the 2008 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
The International Trade Commission has announced that it is terminating the investigation of two competitive need limitation (CNL) waiver petitions for further review as part of the 2007 Generalized System of Preferences Annual Review.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Caviar.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has published a notice announcing the availability of 2007 full calendar year import statistics relating to the Generalized System of Preferences Competitive Needs Limitations (CNLs) for the 2007 GSP Annual Review.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has published a notice announcing the availability of 2007 full calendar year import statistics relating to the Generalized System of Preferences Competitive Needs Limitations (CNLs) for the 2007 GSP Annual Review.
In the February 27, 2008 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 42, No. 10), CBP published a notice modifying a ruling and revoking treatment as follows:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a notice extending the comment period in its child labor review in the production of certain hand-loomed or hand-hooked carpets and certain other textile floor coverings eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences.
1. CBP's 102 Rule Lacks Accurate Cost Calculation
On February 14, 2008, the House Ways and Means Committee approved an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 5264, in order to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, as amended by the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPA/ATPDEA), for another eight months, from March 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008.
A House Ways and Means press release reports that Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rangel has introduced H.R. 5264, a bill to provide, among other things, an extension to September 30, 2010 of the following three trade preference programs scheduled to expire this year: the Andean Trade Preferences (ATPA/ATPDEA) due to expire on February 29; the Caribbean Basin Preferences (CBI/CBTPA) scheduled to expire in September 30; and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) scheduled to expire on December 31. (Release, dated 02/08/08, available at http://waysandmeans.house.gov/News.asp?FormMode=release&ID=620; text of H.R. 5264 available at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h5264ih.txt.pdf.)