U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the third specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) (i.e. tranche) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on March 22, 2005, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP the pro rata percentage is .2094 (20.94%). (See notice for reporting instructions.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/15/05 news, 05031520, for BP summary of the opening of this quota. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/22/04 news, 04102220, for BP summary of CBP's notice announcing instructions for the 2004/2005 global TRQs for specialty sugar.) (QBT-05-510, dated 03/25/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_510.ctt/05_510.doc)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that, effective April 1, 2005, an electronic certification (eCERT) transmission issued by the Government of Singapore will be required for tariff preference level (TPL) claims under HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter X, U.S. Note 13, pursuant to the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SFTA).
The U.S. Census Bureau (Census) has issued a proposed rule to amend the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations (FTSR, 15 CFR Part 30)1 in order to require mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System (AES) or AESDirect for all shipments where a Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) is currently required, etc.
In the March 23, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 13), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke treatment accorded to flame cut nonalloy steel circles, and (b) revoking or modifying eight classification rulings as well as modifying the analysis in seven classification rulings regarding pumpkin carving sets. CBP states that it is also revoking, or proposing to revoke, any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
In Bauer Nike Hockey USA, Inc. v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled that certain imported hockey pants are classified as ice-hockey equipment under HTS 9506.99.25 rather than as sports clothing under HTS 6211.33.00, reversing an earlier Court of International Trade (CIT) decision which had classified the items under the latter heading.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the following five monthly reports containing January 2005 trade data for imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the March 21, 2005 Federal Register its final negative antidumping (AD) duty determination that bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Taiwan is not being, nor is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for peanuts that are provided for in HTS Chapter 12, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 2 and entered under HTS 1202.10.4020, 1202.10.4040, 1202.20.4020, 1202.20.4040, 2008.11.2500, and 2008.11.4500 during the April 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006 period.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has instituted an investigation, at the request of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), on the probable effect of proposed modifications to the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SFTA) rules of origin for certain yarns and fabrics, as U.S. negotiators have recently reached agreement in principle with Singapore on such modifications.
In the March 16, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 12), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to modify three classification rulings on plastic water bottles, and (b) modifying a ruling regarding the entry of certain knives. CBP states that it is also revoking, or proposing to revoke, any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.