Updated as of April 27, 2006, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued another version of "ACE on the Road Event Scheduler," which replaces their April 18 version. The new version lists the following additional events (and removes all the April 2006 events from the scheduler):
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.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has published a notice, effective April 28, 2006, setting forth the procedures it will follow in considering requests from the public for the imposition of duty rate safeguard actions on Australia Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) textiles and apparel.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) security guidelines for foreign manufacturers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) security guidelines for non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs), ocean transportation intermediaries (OTIs), and air freight consolidators.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice on staged entry for overshipments of certain textiles and apparel subject to 2005 China safeguard quotas.
According to a State Department notice and government sources, effective April 25, 2006, any shipment sent from abroad to any foreign diplomatic or consular mission [in the U.S.], or to its personnel [in the U.S.] must be cleared by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) solely through the State Department's diplomatic customs clearance procedure and form.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing its determination that Chad: (1) has adopted an effective visa system and related procedures to prevent unlawful transshipment and the use of counterfeit documents in connection with shipments of textile and apparel articles, and (2) has implemented and follows, or is making substantial progress toward implementing and following, the customs procedures required by the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
On April 21, 2006, the leadership of the Senate Finance Committee issued a "Dear Colleague" letter announcing that Senators who are interested in introducing bills for potential inclusion in a miscellaneous tariff bill (MTB) should do so by May 26, 2006.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review of the antidumping (AD) duty order on stainless steel bar from Germany with respect to the following company, which is both the producer and exporter, and review period:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) security guidelines for licensed U.S. Customs brokers.