On April 1, 2004, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a first set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and responses regarding the mandatory advance electronic information requirements for inbound air cargo.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued notices announcing that the visa requirements for Poland cats 335, 338/339, 410, 433, 434, 435, 443, 611, and 645/646 will remain in effect through December 31, 2004.
1 The ITA and sources have previously stated that the China-wide rate applies to China
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice announcing that it will conduct a series of seminars in Asia on the implementation of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Bioterrorism Act).
The ITA states that it has collapsed DSM and KISCO into one entity for purposes of this AD duty administrative review.
According to The Journal of Commerce, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a report that sharply criticized the 10 largest U.S. seaports for their environmental records, indicating that lawsuits would follow if the ports don't clean up their act. (JoC March 29-April 4, 2002, www.joc.com )
In the April 14, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 16), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke or modify three classification rulings on upper body garments similar to sleeveless tank styles, (b) proposing to revoke two classification rulings on certain soapstone fireplaces and cookstoves, and (c) modifying one classification ruling regarding certain woven place mats. CBP states that it is also revoking, or proposing to revoke, any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty investigations of live swine from Canada.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has issued its Major Shippers Textiles and Apparel Report, which contains selected general import statistics by date of import from the Census Bureau through February 29, 2004 by country and category (including merged and part category).