CBP has posted the 2008 - 2010 Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) membership directory to its Web site. CBP also issued a news release announcing the new members and the returning members to the 11th term committee. (Directory, updated 12/10/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/coac/coac_membership_dir.ctt/coac_membership_dir.doc; News release, dated 12/12/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/12122008_2.xml)
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
As the agreed quotas imposed on certain China textiles and apparel end on December 31, 2008, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements is canceling the electronic visa (ELVIS) transmission requirement for quota textiles and apparel that are exported from China on or after January 1, 2009.
The International Trade Commission has issued a press release stating that it has determined to revoke the existing antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued notice announcing the 2009 openings of the following tariff rate quotas and tariff preference levels:
The International Trade Administration has published its quarterly list of recently completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings and anticircumvention determinations; terminated scope and anticircumvention inquiries; and pending scope inquiries and anticircumvention rulings.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP 23) from India for the period of December 1, 2006 through November 30, 2007.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
CBP has issued a memorandum announcing that the calendar year 2009 duty-free tariff rate quota (TRQ) for the importation of certain cotton shirting fabrics suitable for use in making men's and boys' shirts is scheduled to open on Friday, January 2, 2009.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice announcing the opportunity for interested parties to request administrative reviews by December 31, 2008 for the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders.