U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the following vessel operating common carriers (VOCCs) have become Sea Automated Manifest System (AMS) operational:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message regarding the May 13, 2004 implementation of full ABI edits for FDA prior notice data.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice announcing new features that were added to its Prior Notice System Interface (PNSI), as well as features that are scheduled to be added to the system.
Washington Trade Daily reports that the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee has said that in June 2004 he hopes to move on legislation (S. 1900) to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade preferences program. According to the article, both the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee are committed to moving AGOA legislation; however, they have not yet decided how to handle extension of the special third-country fabric provision. (WTD dated 05/05/04, www.washingtontradedaily.com.)
In the April 28, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 18), CBP issued a notice proposing to revoke four rulings regarding the country of origin marking for safety eyeglass frames combined with prescription lenses in the U.S. for sale to employers. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in this notice.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a policy directive which provides information and guidance that may be used by aircraft operators (except individuals), indirect air carriers, foreign air carriers, airports and flight training providers when voluntarily disclosing to TSA apparent violations of its regulations contained in 49 CFR Parts 1542, 1544, 1546, 1548, and 1550.
(a) preliminary AD margin of zero
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice seeking comments by June 1, 2004 on possible changes to its policies and practices with regard to certain firms within a non-market economy country (NME) seeking a rate separate from the single, country-wide rate in antidumping (AD) proceedings (e.g. investigations or reviews).
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective April 29, 2004, which revises certain entries on the Commerce Control List (CCL) controlled for national security reasons in Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Part I (telecommunications), 5 Part II (information security), 6, and 7 to conform with changes in the List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies maintained and agreed to by the governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies that were agreed to at the December 2003 meeting.
The Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) held a quarterly meeting on April 2, 2004 in Washington, DC to discuss and receive updates from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials on various trade and customs issues.