The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the April 5, 2004 Federal Register its final negative antidumping (AD) duty determination that wax and wax/resin thermal transfer ribbons from South Korea are not being, nor are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

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 published in the Federal Register its compliance schedule for the required advance electronic submission of information for cargo brought into the U.S. by rail. According to CBP, the dates when rail carriers will be required to comply vary depending on the port of entry at which the rail carrier will be arriving in the U.S.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued to the ports and posted to its Web site separate instructions regarding (1) the use of visas to make claims for duty-free treatment under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for qualifying textile and/or apparel articles (textile articles) from Sierra Leone that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 5, 2004, and (2) quota reporting for certain apparel articles from Sierra Leone that are subject to the AGOA aggregate tariff preference level (TPL) and its sublimit.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued notices announcing that effective May 1, 2004, the existing textile and apparel visa requirements for Poland are being canceled. CBP states that on May 1, 2004, it will no longer deny the entry of textiles and apparel manufactured in Poland that are not accompanied by a visa.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Office of Information and Technology has posted a notice to its Web site containing (a) a list, updated as of April 1, 2004, of companies/persons offering Sea Automated Manifest System (AMS) data processing services to the trade community, and (b) the Sea AMS Respondent Checklist, as follows:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the following vessel operating common carriers (VOCCs) have become Sea Automated Manifest System (AMS) operational:

Due to the large number of bills introduced during the week of March 29, 2004 through April 2, 2004, this is Part II of a two-part series of summaries.

Due to the large number of bills introduced during the week of March 29, 2004 through April 2, 2004, this is Part I of a two-part series of summaries. See future issue of ITT for Part II.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty reviews to consider revoking the AD duty orders on industrial nitrocellulose (INC) from China, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and United Kingdom, due to requests to the revoke the AD duty orders.