The White House has issued a press release announcing that President Bush signed the conference version of H.R. 1, the "Implementing the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007," into law on August 3, 2007. H.R. 1 will, among other things, establish deadlines for 100% scanning of U.S.-bound containers at foreign ports, etc. (White House press release, dated 08/03/07, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070803-1.html.)
Latest Harmonized System updates
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice on its Web site entitled Notice of Examination: October 2007 Customs Broker Examination, which announces that the next customs broker license exam will be held on Monday, October 1, 2007.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a notice requesting comments regarding the Commerce Control List in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) as part of a systematic review of the CCL.
According to a CNN.com report, Chinese food inspectors have banned meat products from seven U.S. companies from being imported into China after finding a range of contamination issues in shipments checked on July 14, 2007. The article notes that it was not immediately clear if China's ban extended to all products from the seven companies or just to specific products. (CNN.com, dated 07/16/07, available at www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/china.meat/index.html.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message regarding Presidential Proclamation 8157 which was recently published in the Federal Register and modifies duty-free under the Generalized System of Preferences, designates Mauritania as an African Growth and Opportunity beneficiary country, and makes technical changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
On June 28, 2007, President Bush issued Proclamation 8157 to modify duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences, designate Mauritania as an African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) beneficiary country1, and make technical changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has posted to its Web site an updated version of the 2007 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. (HTS) dated July 2, 2007 (Revision 2).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message which updates its list of tariff numbers that may be subject to the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA 2006) entry summary and export permit requirements.
On March 19, 2007 the President issued Proclamation 8114 which amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to implement certain modifications to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), and for other purposes.
On March 19, 2007, the President issued Proclamation 8114 which amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to implement certain modifications to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), and for other purposes.