The antidumping and countervailing messages CBP 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.
CBP has issued a memorandum announcing a special import quota of 14,547,758 kg for upland cotton that is provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter III, U.S. Note 6 and is entered under HTS 9903.52.94. (CBP notes that this quantity is not subject to the TRQs in Chapter 52 Additional U.S. Notes 5 through 10.) The quota period is April 29- October 25, 2010. To be counted under this quota, the cotton must be imported during this period and purchased not later than July 27, 2010. The opening date was April 29, 2010. (QBT-10-526, dated 04/23/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2010/qbt_10_526.ctt/qbt_10_526.pdf)
CBP has posted a memorandum providing proration and liquidation instructions for the 2010 in-quota (low duty) tariff rate quota quantity for tuna and skipjack (tuna), in airtight containers, not in oil, weighing with their contents not over 7 kilograms each, that is not the product of any U.S. insular possession. (QBT-10-527, dated 04/28/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2010/qbt_10_527.ctt/qbt_10_527.pdf)
Minutes from the April 9, 2010 and April 22, 2010 meetings of the COAC Bond Subcommittee have recently been posted to CBP’s Web site. During these meetings, the Subcommittee addressed a number of bond-related issues, highlights of which include: