The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice announcing that, effective March 5, 2004, it is implementing a new unilateral quota on glass fiber fabrics in sublimit (622N) that are produced or manufactured in Belarus and exported during the January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004 period.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a final rule, effective April 2, 2004, that decreases the amount of the assessment due on imported pork and pork products under the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (Pork Order).
Broker Power is making available by email its lists of 2004 general (column 1) duty rates for knit and crocheted (knit) and woven apparel in Chapters 61 and 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), and their associated categories.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice that describes the three types of certificates of origin the Government of Singapore (Singapore) issues.
President Bush has issued Proclamation 7758 in order to delete ten countries from, and add one country to, the list of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) beneficiary developing countries.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing that the U.S. intends to initiate free trade negotiations with Thailand. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/18/04 news, 04021820, for BP summary of USTR's press release announcing its Congressional notification of this intention.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has scheduled the next Customs Broker Licensure Examination for Monday, April 5, 2004.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued the February 2004 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Modernization newsletter. This newsletter contains articles on new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) account revenue features coming in summer 2004, the testing of prototypes of new border security technologies for possible incorporation into ACE, the January 2004 meeting of the Trade Support Network (TSN), etc. (February 2004 newsletter available at http://www.cbp.gov/ImageCache/cgov/content/import/modernization/reference/library/finalnews0204_2edoc/v1/finalnews0204.doc.)
In the February 25, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 9), CBP issued a notice proposing to modify or revoke four classification rulings on glass-beaded artificial fruit and foliage. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in this notice.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice regarding the visa and Certificate of Origin/Eligibility numbers for the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement's (SFTA's) tariff preference level (TPL) for certain cotton or man-made fiber (MMF) apparel.