The ITC has posted to its Web site a list of corrections to the printed and electronic versions of the 2004 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. (HTS) in order to correct known errors discovered after the issuance of the January 1, 2004 HTS.

The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has issued a notice to the wildlife import/export community announcing that the commercial trade ban on Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) species from Panama has been lifted.

According to the ITA, it will determine and CBP will assess, AD duties on all appropriate entries.

Shippers' Newswire reports that it now looks virtually certain that many ships and ports will fail to comply with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) by July 1, 2004, stating that a May 17, 2004 survey of 35 governments by the IMO showed that only 1,902 of their 20,722 ships have received their ISPS ship security certificates, which represents only 9.2%. Regarding ports, the article states that only 301 out of 5,578 port facilities had received port security certificates as of May 17, 2004, which represents only 5.4%. (American Shipper, dated 05/27/04, ShippersNewsWire@americanshipper.com )

(a) Viraj has an AD cash deposit rate of zero; however, suspension of liquidation will continue.

The ITA states that with respect to subject merchandise from Argentina, it has calculated a CV net subsidy industry-wide rate of (a) 5.77% for the 2001 period, and (b) 0.57% for the 2002 period, and will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess CV duties on all appropriate entries.

Oxfam, an international agency, has issued a briefing paper entitled Stitched Up: How Rich-Country Protectionism in Textile and Clothing Trade Prevents Poverty Alleviation.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) makes available on its Web site a complete list of its informed compliance publications (ICPs), including a pdf file for each publication.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Port of Chicago has issued a pipeline regarding a CBP initiative that allows ports to reduce processing time and expedite refunds for post-entry North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 520(d) claims.