The Bureau of Census (Census) has issued an Automated Export System (AES) Broadcast that, among other things, provides updated information on the requirement for pre-departure filing of export information for shipments to proscribed countries.
(a) preliminary AD margin of zero
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has issued its Major Shippers Textiles and Apparel Report, which contains selected general import statistics by date of import from the Census Bureau through April 30, 2004 by country and category (including merged and part category).
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has recently posted to its Web site an updated list of current antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders.
In the June 9, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 24), CBP issued notices (a) modifying a ruling regarding the country of origin marking for imported auto parts that are repackaged in the U.S. for retail sale, (b) modifying two classification rulings on certain multiple switches, and (c) revoking a classification ruling on certain laryngectomy covers. CBP states that it is also modifying or revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in notices (a) and (c).
On June 14, 2004, the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 4520, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, which would, among other things, repeal the Foreign Sales Corporation//Extraterritorial Income Tax (FSC/ETI) regime. According to the Committee, the full House is expected to consider H.R. 4520 during the week of June 14, 2004. The Senate passed its own FSC/ETI repeal legislation (S. 1637), on May 11, 2004. (See ITT's Online Archives or 05/13/04 news, 04051399 1, for previous BP summary on S. 1637.) (Committee press release, dated 06/14/04, available at http://waysandmeans.house.gov/News.asp?FormMode=release&ID=227.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice which clarifies the new reporting requirements associated with imported sugar classified under HTS 1701.11.2000.
On June 14, 2004, the House of Representatives approved, by voice vote, H.R. 4103, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Acceleration Act of 2004. (This bill is
On June 15, 2004, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an initial ABI administrative message stating that it had received word from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that FDA was experiencing intermittent Internet problems that were affecting its Prior Notice System Interface (PNSI), and had moved to its contingency plans.
| Mark up of proposed legislation making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 | 06/16/04 | Senate Committee on Appropriations |
| Measures to enhance border security | 06/17/04 | Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| U.S.-Australia and U.S.-Morocco free trade agreements; to be immediately followed by a business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 39, approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 | 06/15/04 | Senate Committee on Finance |
| Protocol of Amendment to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures done at Brussels on June 26, 1999 (Treaty Doc. 108-6) | 06/17/04 | Senate Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Current efforts to combat terrorism financing | 06/15/04 | Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs |
| The danger of purchasing pharmaceuticals over the Internet, focusing on the extent to which consumers can purchase pharmaceuticals over the Internet without a medical prescription, the importation of pharmaceuticals into the United States, and whether pharmaceuticals from foreign services are counterfeit, expired, unsafe, or illegitimate | 06/17/04 | Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs |
| Iraqi Agriculture: From Oil for Food to the Future of Iraqi Production Agriculture and Trade | 06/16/04 | House Committee on Agriculture |
| Mark up of the Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary, and Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 2005 | 06/15/04 | Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary, and Related Agencies; House Committee on Appropriations |
| The report of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission | 06/16/04 | House Committee on Armed Services |
| "Oversight of the Department of the Treasury" | 06/16/04 | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; House Committee on Financial Services |
| "The US-EU Regulatory Dialogue: The Private Sector Perspective" | 06/17/04 | Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology; House Committee on Financial Services |
| Implementation of the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement | 06/16/04 | House Committee on Ways and Means |
| Customs Budget Authorizations and Other Customs Issues | 06/17/04 | Subcommittee on Trade; House Committee on Ways and Means |
| "Protecting the Homeland: Building a Layered and Coordinated Approach to Border Security" | 06/15/04 | Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security; House Select Committee on Homeland Security |