CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of June 25, 2007. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain BFTA, CAFTA-DR, JFTA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, CAFTA-DR, CBTPA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (Chile FTA) TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly TRQ/TPL commodity report, dated 06/25/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing 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.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that it is aware that on June 18, 2007 there began a delay in the generation of cargo selectivity processing results. CBP sources state that the data center is still working on correcting the problem and it appreciates the trade's patience in this matter. (Adm: 07-0147, dated 06/18/07, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2007/2007-0147.ADM)
The antidumping and countervailing messages U.S. Customs Border and Protection issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing 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.
A federal court in Fla. dismissed a suit by Embarq customers accusing the telco of deceptive advertising of its “vacation rate” service. The U.S. Dist. Court, Tallahassee, said the plaintiffs’ claims are invalid under the filed rate doctrine. The plaintiffs signed up for the Embarq service, which suspends residential dial tone up to 6 months at 1/2 the regular local service rate. The plaintiffs (Case 4:06- CV-445-SPM) sued because Embarq added a $6.50 monthly line- item “interstate access surcharge.” The court said Embarg’s tariff for the vacation service specifically allows addition of taxes, fees and surcharges to the service rate. It said the $6.50 surcharge was approved by the FCC, making it lawful. The court said the filed rate doctrine says customers can’t dispute accurate application of a tariffed rate for a service they receive. It said plaintiffs wanted the court to excuse them from paying a lawful filed rate for service, something the court can’t do under the filed rate doctrine. The court said that since Embarq charged the $6.50 in conformance with its tariffs it “cannot be held liable under any theory proposed by the plaintiffs.”
The antidumping and countervailing messages U.S. Customs Border and Protection issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing 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 Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing 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.
In Canadian Lumber Trade Alliance, et al. v. U.S., et al., (Slip Op 06-48) the CIT found that Customs violated the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act in applying the Byrd Amendment to antidumping and countervailing duties on goods from Canada and Mexico.