The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by August 6, 2004 regarding twelve "commercial availability" petitions it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Picacho, S.A.:
On July 22, 2004, both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed H.R. 4842, the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Implementation Act. (See future issue of ITT for additional details on H.R. 4842 and the U.S.-Morocco FTA.)
The Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) held a quarterly meeting on June 18, 2004 in Washington, DC to discuss and receive updates from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials on various trade and customs issues.
On July 14, 2004, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4759, the "U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act." On July 15, 2004, the Senate passed H.R. 4759, clearing the measure for the President.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issuedits final results of the five-year sunset review of the countervailing (CV) duty order on stainless steel wire rod from Italy. As a result, the ITA is revoking the CV duty order effective September 15, 2003.
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.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a notice announcing that, effective June 21, 2004, it has vacated the limited exclusion order and cease and desist order issued in its Section 337 investigation of certain abrasive products made using a process for powder preforms, and products containing same (Inv. No. 337-TA-449).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated antidumping (AD) duty investigations of purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland, Mexico, Netherlands, and Sweden.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice on its Web site announcing that the next Customs Broker License Examination will be held on Monday, October 4, 2004.
On June 30, 2004, President Bush signed Proclamation 7800 which makes a number of changes to the country/Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number combinations eligible for duty-free benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, etc.