The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has inadvertently published a notice containing erroneously selected and organized 10-month data on the Competitive Need Limitations (CNLs) under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program.
On March 8, 2004, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a press release announcing the implementation of the Container Security Initiative (CSI) at the port of Klang, Malaysia.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice requesting written comments by March 26, 2004 concerning the establishment of a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel to examine the European Communities (EU) Regulation 2081/92, as amended, which governs the protection of geographical indications for agricultural foodstuffs.
The ITA states that it will determine and CBP will assess, AD duties on all appropriate entries. The ITA adds that it will issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP within 15 days of March 5, 2004.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing that the U.S. intends to initiate free trade negotiations with Panama. (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/04/03 news, (Ref: 03120425), for BP summary of USTR's press release announcing its Congressional notification of this intention.)
The Journal of Commerce reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert Bonner has said that within 60 days CBP will resolve with industry differences over the definition of "shipper" on international cargo manifests. (CBP has announced that it is delaying the full enforcement of the term "shipper" for inbound ocean cargo. See ITT's Online Archives or 02/24/04 news, 04022405, for BP summary.) (JoC Online dated 03/05/04, www.joc.com.)
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has determined that, effective March 5, 2004, certain viscose yarn, classified in HTS 5510.11.0000, for use in manufacturing fabrics, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message announcing that an Automated Broker Interface (ABI) program correction was implemented on March 3, 2004 that corrects the 'BN' reject problem that filers of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior notice 'WP' in-bond application were experiencing.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a general exclusion order in its Section 337 investigation of certain sildenafil or any pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, such as sildenafil citrate, and products containing same1 (Inv. No. 337-TA-489) and announcing that it has terminated the investigation.
The Washington Trade Daily (WTD) reports that the free trade negotiations that began with Bahrain in January 2004 are nearly half completed, with an negotiations possibly being completed as early as June. The WTD states that the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) believes Kuwait, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could possibly dock into this agreement. (WTD Pub 03/04/04, www.washingtontradedaily.com)