The ITA states that it will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) within 15 days of January 3, 2006.
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.
CBP Clarification on NAFTA Certificates of Eligibility and the Quota Period to Which they Correspond
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice to its Web site which it states clarifies the acceptance of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Certificates of Eligibility for certain textile and apparel products from Canada or Mexico subject to tariff preference levels (TPLs) and the quota period to which they correspond.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted separate notices to its Web site which list the calendar year 2006 Tariff Preference Levels (TPLs) for certain textiles and apparel from Canada or Mexico. These 2006 TPLs are set at the same levels as the 2005 TPL levels.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memorandum providing instruction for the filing and acceptance of claims for preferential treatment of goods made under the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (MFTA), which took effect on January 1, 2006.
(This BP summary has been modified to indicate that there are 45 TRQs and 2 TPLs (rather than 47 TPLs. See ITT's Online Archives or 04/07/06 news, 06040715 for further details.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of December 27, 2005. This report includes tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (CFTA) tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 12/27/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2006 "low-duty" tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for agricultural products described in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter XIII, U.S. Notes 3 through 20 with respect to the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (UAFTA), will open on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones with the following low-duty quantities:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that diamond sawblades and parts thereof (sawblades), are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation for subject merchandise from Korea is April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that diamond sawblades and parts thereof (sawblades) from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation is October 1, 2004 - March 31, 2005.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice to its Web site which lists the calendar year 2006 Tariff Preference Level (TPL) for imports from Singapore of certain cotton or MMF apparel goods, or apparel goods subject to cotton or MMF restraints, the foregoing that are both cut (or knit-to-shape) and sewn or otherwise assembled in Singapore from fabric or yarn produced or obtained outside the territory of Singapore or of the U.S. ("3rd Country").