U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the 2005 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for agricultural products described in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter XIII, U.S. Notes 3 through 20 with respect to the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (UAFTA).
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice that designates three areas in Egypt as qualifying industrial zones (QIZs) under Section 9 of the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act (IFTA).
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice containing its determination that certain woven 100% cotton, napped fabrics, of certain specifications1, classified in HTS 5209.31.6050, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA).
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that its most recent Harmonized System (HS) update (No. 0408) contains:
The State Department has issued an updated media note on its new requirement that imports of shrimp and shrimp products (shrimp) from uncertified countries must be accompanied by the original DS-2031 form.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued three separate ABI administrative messages announcing that the Automated Commercial System (ACS) has completed the system changes to require the trade to electronically transmit the following in the entry summary miscellaneous permit/license field (52 record, positions 30-38) effective with the duty computation date of February 1, 2005:
In the December 15, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 51), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on tungsten carbide rods, and (b) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on radio alarm clocks incorporating a CD player. 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 these notices.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice that modifies HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Notes (AUSNs) 2, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 25 in order to reflect the enlargement of the European Union (EU) by:
In the December 8, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 50), CBP issued a notice revoking a classification ruling on certain combination stereos incorporating a dual cassette deck. CBP states that it is also revoking 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 separate notices on the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement's (UCFTA, or CFTA) 2005 Tariff Preference Levels (TPLs) for imports from Chile of certain cotton and man-made fiber (MMF) apparel goods and certain cotton/MMF fabric goods, as described below.