CBP has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor tariff rate quotas and tariff preference levels that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low duty) rate. The list is divided into two sections - quotas that are at least 85% filled and quotas that are closed. (List, posted 10/23/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)
CBP has issued a news release announcing that, in conjunction with the Canadian Border Services Agency, it is informing the public that the Border Inspection Stations at Churubusco, New York-Franklin Center, Quebec and Cannons Corners, New York-Cannons Corners, Quebec, will revise their hours of operation in accordance with the winter schedule. Effective November 1, 2008, the new business hours of operation at the aforementioned facilities will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., until April 30, 2009. (News release, dated 10/20/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/10202008_6.xml)
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of October 20, 2008. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (Weekly commodity report available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
The International Trade Commission has posted to its Web site an updated list of current antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of October 14, 2008. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (Weekly commodity report available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
CBP has posted the following draft ACE Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR)-Air chapters and appendices. CBP states that these draft documents are subject to change at any time without prior notice and do not represent the totality of revision/changes that may be implemented with Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) functionality.
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.
The International Trade Administration has initiated administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders for certain specified companies listed in the initiation notice.
In late September 2008, numerous agricultural and business groups and companies sent a letter to House and Senate leaders urging Congress to reject any attempts to reinstate any provisions of the "Byrd Amendment" (also known as the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA)). According to the letter, the trade groups were concerned that Byrd Amendment provisions could be added to a "must pass" bill in the closing days of Congressional business. (Letter, dated 09/24/08, available at http://www.ncbfaa.org/files/opposebyrdamendment.pdf.)
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.