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.
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 )
On June 18, 2004, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4567, the fiscal year (FY) 2005 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Coast Guard.
Additional details on this legislation is available at http://thomas.loc.gov.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing a "special import quota" which specifies a quota of 25,702,401 kg for upland cotton purchased not later than October 12, 2004 and entered under HTS 9903.52.13. The quota period is July 15, 2004 through January 10, 2005; the opening date is July 15, 2004 at 12 noon, E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a CBP Electronic Bulletin Board (CEBB) notice stating that due to recent International Trade Administration (ITA) remand determination (pursuant to a Court of International Trade (CIT) decision), Polyplex Corporation Limited (Polyplex) is no longer excluded from the antidumping (AD) duty order on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet, and strip from India.
On July 14, 2004, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4759, implementing legislation for the U.S.-Australia free trade agreement (FTA). The Senate then passed H.R. 4759 on July 15, 2004. (Information on H.R. 4759 is available at http://thomas.loc.gov.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the Spring 2004 issue of its "ACE Modernization Monitor" newsletter.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a set of four frequently asked questions (FAQ) and responses (dated July 8, 2004) on the "Rail" portion of its final rule on the advance electronic presentation of information pertaining to cargo (ocean, air, rail, and truck) prior to its being brought into, or sent from, the U.S.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have issued a press release announcing three rulemakings to further strengthen existing safeguards that protect consumers against the agent that causes Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease.