The Treasury Department has published its semi-annual regulatory agenda, which contains certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulatory rulemakings.
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.
On February 28, 2007, the President issued Proclamation 8111 amending the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to implement the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)1 for the Dominican Republic, and for other purposes.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message indicating that the President issued Proclamation 8111 amending the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to implement the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) for the Dominican Republic to allow merchandise from the Dominican Republic that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after March 1, 2007 to be eligible for DR-CAFTA benefits.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice stating that there was a technical malfunction in the e-mail address contained in its original notice requesting comments on the World Trade Organization (WTO) decision on duty-free, quota-free (DFQF) market access for the least-developed countries (LDCs), and the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is requesting the public to resubmit any written comments submitted prior to March 14, 2007.
The Office of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has posted to its Web site an updated version of its document entitled "U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Guidebook," which is dated February 2007.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has published a notice announcing the availability of 2006 full calendar year import statistics relating to the Generalized System of Preferences Competitive Needs Limitations (CNLs) for certain country/tariff number pairs (pairs), as well as the availability of four computer-generated lists indicating possible GSP eligibility changes for certain pairs due to the CNLs.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has published a notice announcing the availability of 2006 full calendar year import statistics relating to the Generalized System of Preferences Competitive Needs Limitations (CNLs) for certain country/tariff number pairs (pairs), as well as the availability of four computer-generated lists indicating possible GSP eligibility changes for certain pairs due to the CNLs.
On February 28, 2007, the President issued a Proclamation amending the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to implement the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) for the Dominican Republic, and for other purposes.
On December 20, 2006, President Bush signed into law H.R. 6111, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law (P.L.) 109-432), which includes trade provisions for Vietnam permanent normal trade relations (PNTR), GSP and ATPA/ATPDEA extensions, amendments to AGOA apparel benefits, new Haiti benefits, HTS Chapter 99 actions, etc.