CBP Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc

1. 2005 TRQ for Dried Milk, Dried Cream, and Dried Whey Opens Jan. 3, 2005

CBP states that a low-duty quantity of 224,981 kg requires import licenses in accordance with terms and conditions provided in regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, while a low-duty quantity of 71,019 kg does not require such licenses. (See CBP's notice for list of applicable HTS numbers, special instructions on entry summaries and licenses as well as instructions for imports from Canada, Chile, Mexico, Jordan and Singapore.) (QBT-04-565, dated 12/08/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/04_565.ctt/2004_565.doc)

2. 2005 TRQ on Mandarin Oranges (Satsumas) Opens January 3, 2005

CBP has announced that the 2005 TRQ on mandarin oranges (satsumas) in airtight containers will open on Monday, January 3, 2005 at 12 p.m. E.S.T. or its equivalent in other time zones, with a low-duty quantity of 40,000,000 kg. (See CBP's notice for list of applicable HTS numbers.) (QBT-04-566, dated 12/09/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/04_566.ctt/2004_566.doc)

3. 2005 TRQ on Whiskbrooms Opens January 3, 2005

CBP has announced that the 2005 TRQ on whiskbrooms, wholly or in part of broom corn, will open on Monday, January 3, 2005 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones with a low-duty quantity of 61,655 dozen (since the reporting unit for brooms is numbers, the actual quota limit is 739,860 numbers). (See CBP's notice for list of applicable HTS numbers.) (QBT-04-567, dated 12/09/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/04_567.ctt/2004_567.doc)

4. 2005 TRQ on Other Brooms Opens January 3, 2005

CBP has announced that the 2005 TRQ on other brooms, wholly or in part of broom corn, will open on Monday, January 3, 2005 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones with a low-duty quantity of 121,478 dozen (since the reporting unit for brooms is numbers, the actual quota limit is 1,457,736 numbers). (See CBP's notice for list of applicable HTS numbers.) (QBT-04-568, dated 12/09/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/04_568.ctt/2004_568.doc)

5. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.

(The CBP messages marked with an * cover much of the same information as the ITA notices; however, CBP's messages often list the 10-character case number specific to each listed company(s). ITA notices only list the 7-character master case number. In addition, sometimes the master case number for CBP purposes (in parentheses, below, where applicable) differs from the ITA master case number.)