U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2006 "low-duty" tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on cheese and substitutes for cheese provided for in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 16, will open on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones. CBP states that products described in HTS Chapter 4, AUSN 16 are subject to agriculture licensing. The below-listed countries or areas have the following low-duty access amounts:
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 International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated antidumping (AD) duty investigations on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Germany, Turkey, and China.
The USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has announced a further increase in fiscal year (FY) 2006 allowable sugar imports of 450,000 short tons raw value (STRV).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that the Port of Memphis, TN is now a service port location. Protests, 520(d) claims, and 181.115 interventions against entries filed at the following ports should be filed with the Port Director at Memphis:
On November 22, 2005, the President signed into law the conference version of H.R. 2862, the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law (P.L.) 109-108.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2006 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on milk and cream, fluid or frozen, fresh or sour, provided for in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, will open on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones.
The ITA states that it will initiate administrative reviews for requests received by December 31, 2005.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a document entitled Guidance for Certificates of Reimbursement, which states that Department of Commerce regulations require that the importer file, prior to liquidation and the assessment of antidumping (AD) duties, a certificate advising whether the importer has entered into an agreement or otherwise has received reimbursement of AD duties.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstance review of certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2006 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for dried milk and dried cream provided for in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 9 will open on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones with a low-duty quantity of 99,500 kg. (See CBP's notice for list of applicable HTS numbers as well as special instructions on (i) low-duty exclusions for Mexico, and (ii) high-duty reporting instructions for Canada, Mexico, Jordan, Singapore, Chile, and Australia.) (QBT-05-546, dated 11/30/05, available at http://www.customs.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_546.ctt/05_546.doc.)