The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued two notices containing its determinations that certain woven, 100% cotton, flannel fabrics, of certain specifications, classified in HTS 5208.32.3040, 5208.42.3000, 5209.31.6050, or 5209.41.6040, for use in products covered by apparel categories 340, 341, 347, 348, 350, 351, and 352, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA).
On November 19, 2004, the Senate passed the conference version of H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004. The House passed the conference version of H.R. 1047 on October 8, 2004. The conference version of H.R. 1047 has now been cleared for the White House.
In the November 17, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 47), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to modify two classification rulings on prepared slides, (b) revoking a classification ruling on textile/foam orthodontic cervical neck pads, and (c) revoking ten classification rulings on truck engine cooling fan clutches. 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 posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the second specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) (i.e. tranche) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on November 16, 2004, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP the pro rata percentage is .1895 (18.95%) (See notice for reporting instructions.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 11/18/04 news, 04111860 2, 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-04-556, dated 11/18/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/2004_556.ctt/2004_556.doc)
In the November 10 and 17, 2004 issues of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 46 and 47), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on tennis balls, (b) modifying a valuation ruling on defective watches sent abroad for repair and then returned to the U.S., and (c) modifying a valuation ruling on used lacquer thinner recycled abroad and then returned to the U.S. 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 the November 10, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 46), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to modify a classification ruling on a "Safe Start IV Start Pak," and (b) proposing to modify a classification ruling on certain boys' athletic-type footwear. 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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made available on its Web site a November 1, 2004 version of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Application. According to CBP, this application consists of four documents: ACE Account Portal Power of Attorney, Terms and Conditions for Account Access of ACE Portal, Additional Account/Account Owner Information, and ACE Secure Data Portal Request to Participate.
In the November 3, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 45), CBP issued notices: (a) revoking two classification rulings on certain massaging slippers, and (b) revoking a classification ruling on certain DVDs. 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.
In the November 3, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 45), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke two classification rulings on certain dinnerware (stoneware, flatware, and glassware) sets, and (b) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on two chemically modified starch products. 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.