In the January 12, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 3), CBP issued notices: (a) revoking two classification rulings on certain dinnerware (stoneware, flatware, and glassware) sets, and (b) revoking a classification ruling on a men's cotton denim woven shirt-jacket. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
The U.S. Census Bureau (Census) has issued a proposed rule that would amend the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations (FTSR) to incorporate the requirement for reporting the Kimberley Process Certificate (KPC) number for exports/reexports of rough diamonds filed through the Automated Export System (AES) in accordance with the Clean Diamond Trade Act (Public Law (P.L.) 108-19).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice on its Web site announcing that the next Customs Broker License Examination will be held on Monday, April 4, 2005.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memorandum containing its instructions on the filing and substantiation of claims for preferential tariff treatment made under the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (UAFTA), as highlighted below.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by January 25, 2005 regarding a "commercial availability" petition it received under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA), and the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) on behalf of Ge-Ray Fabrics, Inc.:
International Trade Commission (ITC) sources have confirmed that the ITC has posted a corrected electronic 2005 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to its Web site. This new version corrects the PDF formatting problems with the electronic version of the 2005 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) previously posted to the ITC's Web site.
In the January 5, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 2), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke or modify eight classification rulings as well as modify the analysis in seven classification rulings regarding pumpkin carving sets, (b) revoking a classification ruling on plastic light clips and hooks. 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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2005 low-duty tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)/Mexico peanuts provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter VI, U.S. Note 16, which opened on Monday, January 3, 2005, did not oversubscribe at the opening. Therefore, all entries presented at opening have been charged and may be released. (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/22/04 news, 04122235 2, for BP summary on CBP's notice announcing this 2005 TRQ.) (QBT-05-501, dated 01/06/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_501.ctt/05_501.doc)
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has issued an amending supplement (No. 5, dated February 2004) to the Harmonized System (HS) Explanatory Notes (ENs). (Although not binding on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the ENs are followed by CBP whenever possible.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice announcing the two-year extension of the quota preprocessing program (QPP) test, in order to provide for the electronic processing of certain quota-class apparel merchandise prior to the arrival of the importing carrier, through December 31, 20061.