In the September 14, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 38), CBP issued notices: (a) modifying one classification ruling on drawer pulls and (b) modifying one classification ruling on vehicle light housing. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that were contrary to its position in these notices.
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 a general notice announcing that, effective immediately, importers of record participating in the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Periodic Monthly Statement test are no longer required to provide a bond rider covering periodic payment of estimated duties and fees.
CBP has posted to its Web site a notice announcing the opening of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on blended syrups as provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 9 for the period October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that due to Hurricane Rita, Miami area ports were closed on Tuesday, September 20, 2005. CBP states that consequently, one additional day without penalties has been extended for the filing of summaries and payment of duties due on September 20, 2005 in all Miami area ports. (Adm: 05-1102, dated 09/21/05, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-1102.ADM.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has again posted to its Web site an expanded and corrected version of its trade update regarding Hurricane Katrina.
In Simon Marketing, Inc. and Perseco System Services, L.P. v. U.S., the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that a "Pop Topper" watch sold for $1.99 as a promotional article at McDonald's are classified under HTS 9102.91.20 (1998) as a watch with a duty rate of 3.9% on the movement and case and 5.3% on the battery.
CBP has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of September 19, 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 09/19/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message regarding the preparation of the CBP form 7512 or ABI Application "QP." CBP states that whenever merchandise, which has been moved to a destination port on an in-bond transportation entry, is entered again for subsequent in-bond transportation (entry type 61, 62, and 63) the immediately preceding in-bond entry number must be recorded on the new CBP form 7512 with the indication "prev in-bond " or for filers using the ABI "QP" functionality to create an electronic in-bond movement, the previous in-bond number is included within the QP30 record, positions 57-68. (Adm: 05-1077, dated 09/15/05, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-1077.ADM.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and/or the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) are expected to soon issue notices announcing the October 1, 2005 - September 30, 2006 Tariff Preference Levels (TPLs) for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), and the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA).
Effective October 28, 2004, the International Trade Administration (ITA) is revoking the antidumping (AD) duty orders on sugar from Belgium, France, Germany, and the countervailing duty order on sugar from the European Community as the International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that revocation of these AD and CV duty orders would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the U.S. within a reasonably foreseeable time.