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CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice to its Web site announcing that the fourth specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (i.e. tranche) that opened on May 1, 2007 oversubscribed at opening moment. The pro-rata percentage is 79.195%. For those receiving allocations, CBP states that the importer can determine how their allocation is distributed among eligible entries (see notice for details). Note that the fifth tranche (TRQ allotment) for specialty sugar will open on July 24, 2007.

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1. 4th Specialty Sugar TRQ Oversubscribed at Opening Moment

(See ITT's Online Archives or 04/23/07 news, 07042310, for BP summary announcing the opening of this tranche.)(QBT-07-529, dated 05/04/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2007/07_529.ctt/07_529.doc.)

2. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions

The antidumping and countervailing messages U.S. Customs Border and Protection issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.

An overview of a number of recent AD/CV messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, are provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)