In the Aug. 29 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 36), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke or modify two rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of tobacco wrappers and bearings and housings.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Aug. 29, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP issued its Aug. 29 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 36), which contains 5 notices of the following ruling actions:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 23 with 346 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 173,742. The most recent ruling is dated 8/21/2012.
CBP will open registration for the 2012 East Coast Trade Symposium at 1 p.m. Aug. 29, it said. The symposium is scheduled for October 29-30 and will be at the Renaissance DC Downtown Hotel in Washington, D.C. The theme for the Trade Symposium is "Expanding 21st Century Global Partnerships." Registration for in-person attendance is (here). Registration for the Webcast is (here).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Aug. 28, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Aug. 28. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, 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, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics; etc.
CBP South Florida National Targeting and Analysis Group and CBP Southwest Regional Science Center’s mobile laboratory unit teamed up with officials at the Port of Laredo to target suspect shipments of steel pipe and tubing for examination, conduct field tests, and collect samples for further analysis, the agency said in a press release. Such imports are being sold in the United States at artificially low prices that threaten domestic industry’s ability to sell locally produced steel pipe and tubing at a competitive price, it said.
CBP posted an Aug. 27 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.