The Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) held a quarterly meeting on June 18, 2004 in Washington, DC to discuss and receive updates from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials on various trade and customs issues.
(a) Hang Lung has an amended final de minimis AD margin of 0.24% (from 0.20%); suspension of liquidation and AD cash deposits or the posting of a bond for merchandise both produced and exported by Hang Lung will continue to not be required.
On January 17, 2003, President Bush issued Proclamation 7641 in order to modify the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) preference rules of origin for seven products, including certain alcoholic beverages, pearl jewelry, headphones, photocopier parts and accessories, etc.
The Journal of Commerce Online reports that on July 15, 2004, a federal judge extended until September 3 the temporary injunction barring a boycott by truckers at the Port of Miami. According to the article, the judge had granted the injunction during the week of July 5, 2004 after three port terminals argued that the boycott was causing irreparable harm to their business. (JoC Online, dated 07/15/04, at http://www.joc.com/20040715/sections/ocean/w54324.asp )
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issuedits final results of the five-year sunset review of the countervailing (CV) duty order on stainless steel wire rod from Italy. As a result, the ITA is revoking the CV duty order effective September 15, 2003.
During June 24-26, 2004, the World Customs Organization (WCO) Council initiated a High-Level Strategic Group that will provide leadership and guidance to WCO members in the establishment of an international framework on security and facilitation.
(a) ZG has a preliminary de minimis AD margin of 0.04%; suspension of liquidation and AD cash deposits or the posting of a bond will not be required
Public Announcementson Significant Security Risks are a means to disseminate information about terrorist threats or certain other relatively short-term and/or transnational conditions. The following has been issued since BP's most recent update:
The General Accounting Office (GAO) has issued a report to Congressional requesters entitled, Maritime Security: Substantial Work Remains to Translate New Planning Requirements into Effective Port Security.
On July 14, 2004, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4759, the "U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act." On July 15, 2004, the Senate passed H.R. 4759, clearing the measure for the President.