The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that it is rescinding the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of carbazole violet pigment 23 from India with respect to the following company, which is both the producer and exporter of subject merchandise, and review period:
Customs Duty
A Customs Duty is a tariff or tax which a country imposes on goods when they are transported across international borders. Customs Duties are used to protect countries' economies, residents, jobs, and environments, by limiting the flow of imported merchandise, especially restricted and prohibited goods, into the country. The Customs Duty Rate is a percentage determined by the value of the article purchased in the foreign country and not based on quality, size, or weight.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued another version of its March 3, 2006 implementation instructions for the CAFTA-DR in order to indicate that it is now in effect for Honduras and Nicaragua (April 1, 2006), as well as El Salvador (March 1, 2006); indicate that there are tariff preference levels (TPLs) in addition to tariff rate quotas (TRQs); indicate that retroactive benefits are available for textile and apparel goods of the above three countries; indicate that Nicaragua has a TPL for cotton and manmade fiber (MMF) apparel (and that there is no retroactive treatment for this TPL); correctly indicate that textile products entered under HTS 9915.61.01 (Nicaragua) and 9915.62.01 - 9915.62.20 (Costa Rica) do not require an SPI, etc.
On April 26, 2006, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on "Authorization of Customs and Trade Functions" in order to review the operation of customs and trade functions in the federal government. This review will assist the Finance Committee in preparing legislation to reauthorize those functions.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of stainless steel wire rod from Italy.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping (AD) duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China with respect to the following producer/exporter combinations, and review period:
April 2006 ACE Modernization newsletter. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the April 2006 issue of its Modernization Monthly newsletter. This issue contains articles on the upcoming expansion of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to California, the approval for operational use of the screening foundation for modernization of the Automated Targeting System (ATS), etc. (April 2006 Modernization newsletter available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/news_0406.ctt/news_0406.pdf.)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of honey from Argentina for the period of December 1, 2003 through November 30, 2004.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative and new shipper reviews of fresh garlic from China for the period of November 1, 2003 through October 31, 2004.
The European Council has issued a notice announcing that additional customs duties will be reintroduced on May 16, 2006 for certain U.S.-originating products as a result of the World Trade Organization's confirmation that certain aspects of the American JOBS Creation Act of 2004 (Jobs Act) preserve the U.S.' WTO-prohibited foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) export subsidies.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced its implementation of interim policy and operating procedures for processing Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) rejections and liquidated damages in order to allow filers to make corrections to the entry summary prior to payment, without the concern that they will receive liquidated damages for removing the entry summary to make the change, etc.