The Journal of Commerce Online reports that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it would soon consult with the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters on a simplified option meant to attract more importers to the Canadian side of the binational Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program. (JoC Online, dated 10/28/04, www.joc.com)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the first specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) (i.e., tranche) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on October 26, 2004, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP, the pro rata percentage is .13845 (13.845%). (See notice for reporting instructions.) (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-04-553, dated 10/29/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/2004_553.ctt/04_553.doc)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued two ABI administrative messages addressed to Electronic Invoice Program (EIP)/Remote Location Filing (RLF) filers, which (1) discuss the fact that government contract entries may not be filed under EIP/RLF and (2) remind filers about the need to provide the electronic invoice when required under EIP/RLF. Highlights of these messages are as follows:
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a proposed rule that would provide an exemption from the tariff publication requirements of the Shipping Act of 1984 (Act) for service arrangements made by non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs), subject to the conditional filing requirements set forth in proposed new 46 CFR Part 531.
On October 8, 2004, the House of Representatives passed the conference version of H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004. According to Congressional sources, the Senate is expected to consider the conference version of H.R. 1047 in mid-November 2004, when it returns after the election.
On October 8, 2004, the House of Representatives passed the conference version of H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2003. According to Congressional sources, the Senate is expected to consider the conference version of H.R. 1047 in mid-November 2004, when it returns after the election.
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a proposed rule that would provide an exemption from the tariff publication requirements of the Shipping Act of 1984 for service arrangements made by non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs), subject to the conditional filing requirements set forth in proposed new 46 CFR Part 531.
On August 25, 2004, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a ruling in Intercontinental Marble Corporation v. U.S. affirming an earlier Court of International Trade (CIT) decision that "all stones that polish" are classifiable as marble. Like the CIT, the CAFC rejected Customs' arguments that marble should be defined by its geological definition rather than its commercial meaning.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice announcing that on October 29, 2004, the U.S. requested consultations with the government of China with respect to imports of Chinese origin cotton, wool and manmade fiber (MMF) socks in category 332/432 and 632 part (pt.).
In the October 27, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 44), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to change the way it classifies certain homeopathic products, which would result in the revocation of two classification rulings, and (b) revoking a classification ruling on an air blow gun kit. 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.