The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by October 13, 2004 regarding a "commercial availability" petition it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Picacho, S.A.:

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by October 13, 2004 regarding a "commercial availability" petition it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Jaclyn, Inc. of New York:

According to Reuters, on September 27, 2004, the World Trade Organization (WTO) launched a probe into a complaint by the European Union (EU) that the U.S. had failed to drop illegal import duties on certain EU steel products from Britain, France and Spain. The article states that the panel request followed consultations where the EU stated that the U.S. had not removed all safeguard duties, while the U.S. stated that they had been adjusted after the WTO ruled them illegal two years ago. (Reuters dated 09/27/04, available at http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=6344486 )

In the September 15, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 38), CBP issued notices (a) detailing the dates and draft agenda for the 34^th Session of the Harmonized System Committee (HSC), and (b) withdrawing a proposed modification of a classification ruling on the Fetch Tote^TM dog toy.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its instructions for claiming the new benefits available under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Acceleration Act of 2004 (Public Law (P.L.) 108-274), for eligible textiles and apparel entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after July 13, 2004.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice announcing the 2004/2005 quantities of apparel made from African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) fabric and/or AGOA/U.S. yarn, or apparel made from any fabric or yarn, that are eligible to receive duty-free treatment under the AGOA pursuant to HTS 9819.11.09 and/or 9819.11.12 as amended¹by the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 (AGOA III):

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has posted to its Web site the draft preliminary report for its investigation (No. 1205-6) on proposed modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).

On September 7, 2004, the President signed Proclamation 7808 in order to make various changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) with respect to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Acceleration Act of 2004 (AGOA III), the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), etc.

According to the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), the 2004 printed editions of all three volumes of 19 CFR are now available.