U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that its most recent Harmonized System (HS) update (No. 0505) contains:
In March 2005, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report to Congressional requestors entitled, Cargo Security: Partnership Program Grants Importers Reduced Scrutiny with Limited Assurance of Improved Security.
Whatever the decision in MGM v. Grokster, Congress is likely to decide -- eventually -- how to legally treat file-sharing’s end users and technologists, panelists said at the Digital Media Conference Thurs. The real action will happen across the street from the Supreme Court: “I don’t think anyone’s going to be entirely happy with this decision,” especially if it’s considered ambiguous, said Verizon Vp Sarah Deutsch.
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The March 24, 2005 version of the D-Trade Industry User Manual, which was prepared by a private firm for the State Department, is available on the D-Trade Information Center Web page.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued various notices, each initiating automatic five-year sunset reviews on the above-listed antidumping (AD) duty orders.
CBP Issues Notice of Intent to Distribute FY 2005 AD/CV Revenues to Affected Domestic Producers, Etc
Pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (the Offset Act), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice in the Federal Register of its intent to distribute assessed antidumping (AD) or countervailing (CV) duties for fiscal year (FY) 2005 to affected domestic producers for certain qualifying expenditures they incur after the issuance of an AD or CV order. Written certifications to obtain a continued AD or CV offset under a particular order must be received by August 1, 2005.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has rejected a Section 301 petition filed by members of Congress on the issue of China's currency, noting that this petition is similar to two previously rejected petitions. The USTR states that it believes that China has undertaken the necessary and appropriate steps to prepare for a move to a more flexible, market-based exchange rate system; therefore, a Section 301 action would not be an appropriate or productive way to achieve that goal. (USTR statement, dated 05/27/05, available at http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Spokesperson_Statements/May_27,_2005_Statement_from_USTR_Spokesperson_Richard_Mills_Regarding_a_Section_301_Petition_on_Chinas_Currency_Regime.html)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Los Angeles/Long Beach has issued an administrative message (dated 05/25/05) which CBP sources state indicates that until a recent Court of International Trade (CIT) decision on chondroitin sulfate (CS) is final, or is appealed and is final, filers and importers must continue to classify CS under 3913.90.2000.
CBP has posted the following to its Web site: