CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that currently, the ABI application that is used to file the stand-alone FDA Prior Notice information (the WP application) is encountering a problem with the entry-type Affirmation of Compliance Code - ETP. The system is sometimes, but not always, rejecting for a missing ETP - even if it was transmitted. (CSMS 10-000078, dated 03/23/10, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17860&page=&srch_argv=10-000078&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
CBP's Port of Boston has issued a Public Information Notice informing the trade that USDA certified container fumigation services are now available within the Boston Port limits. (Boston PIN FY10-04 available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com.)
The following antidumping or countervailing duty law determinations at the Court of International Trade (CIT) and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) were decided in the first half of March 2010.
CBP's Port of Los Angeles has issued a Public Bulletin announcing the final selection of two Centralized Examination Stations for the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport. (LA10-006 available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com.)
CBP has reviewed, without change, its ICP entitled "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Classification and Marking of Pipe Fittings under Heading 7307." (Document, posted 03/10/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/legal/informed_compliance_pubs/cm_pipe_fittings.ctt/cm_pipe_fittings.pdf)
The International Trade Administration has initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order below, for certain specified companies listed in the initiation notice.
On February 25, 2010, a bipartisan group of 15 Senators, led by Senator Schumer (D), sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Locke expressing their serious concern that the Commerce Department has failed to properly consider allegations that China's manipulation of its currency is a countervailable subsidy.
Supporters of fair use and the digital remix culture may well be winning in the courts, but they can’t get the copyright changes they need out of a Congress whose captivity to corporate money can only get worse with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on campaign finance, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig said on a webcast organized by the Open Video Alliance. Apple would do well financially to take a lead from Google and open its technology platforms -- but a push from “free culture” supporters could help it along, he said.
Supporters of fair use and the digital remix culture are winning in the courts, but they can’t get the copyright changes they need out of a Congress whose captivity to corporate money can only get worse with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on campaign finance, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig said on a webcast organized by the Open Video Alliance. Apple would do well financially to take a lead from Google and open its technology platforms -- but a push from “free culture” supporters could help it along, he said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message outlining its policy on testing requirements for new Automated Commercial Environment ABI filers.