CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of December 17, 2007. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly TRQ/TPL commodity report, dated 12/17/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
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1. Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of December 17, 2007
2. 2008 TRQ on Peanut Butter and Paste Opens January 2, 2008
CBP has posted a notice announcing that the 2008 tariff rate quota (TRQ) on peanut butter and paste as provided for in HTS Chapter 20, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5 will open on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 with the below-listed countries or areas having the following low-duty quantities:
| Argentina | 3,650,000 kg |
| Canada | 14,500,000 kg |
| HTS Chapter 20 AUSN 6 Countries or Territories | 1,600,000 kg |
| Other Countries or Areas (except Mexico) | 250,000 kg |
(See CBP's notice for applicable HTS numbers as well as special instructions on (i) exclusions for Mexico and (ii) high-duty reporting instructions for Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, and Singapore.) (QBT-07-568, dated 12/13/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2007/07_568.ctt/07_568.doc)
3. 2008 TRQ on Mandarin Oranges (Satsumas) Opens January 2, 2008
CBP has posted a notice announcing that the 2008 TRQ on mandarin oranges (satsumas) in airtight containers will open on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 with a low-duty quantity of 40,000,000 kg. (See CBP's notice for list of applicable HTS numbers, etc.) (QBT-07-569, dated 12/13/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2007/07_569.ctt/07_569.doc)
4. 2008 TRQ on Whiskbrooms Opens January 2, 2008
CBP has posted a notice announcing that the 2008 TRQ on whiskbrooms, wholly or in part of broom corn, will open on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 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 applicable HTS numbers, etc.) (QBT-07-570, dated 12/13/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2007/07_570.ctt/07_570.doc)
5. 2008 TRQ on Other Brooms Opens January 2, 2008
CBP has posted a notice announcing that the 2008 TRQ on other brooms, wholly or in part of broom corn, will open on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 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 applicable HTS numbers, etc.) (QBT-07-571, dated 12/13/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2007/07_571.ctt/07_571.doc)
6. 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.)