According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources, the duty- and quota-free Tariff Preference Level (TPL) for certain non-underwear T-shirts made in one or more USTR-listed U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) beneficiary countries and entered under HTS 9820.11.12 filled on June 23, 2005 at 9:56 a.m.
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 issued a notice announcing that it has allocated the increases for the calendar year 2005 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for the importation of two types of worsted wool fabrics at the in-quota (low) TRQ duty rate to qualifying U.S. makers of men's and boys' worsted wool suits, suit-type jackets, and trousers.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of two antidumping (AD) changed circumstances reviews of (1) certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan, and (2) certain softwood lumber products from Canada.
In a statement containing his June 9, 2005 oral testimony before the House Government Reform Committee, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff answered a question on the use of third-party, certified auditors to improve container security/inspection, by stating that DHS is starting to talk about how it can tap into that expertise, so DHS doesn't have to own everything itself. Secretary Chertoff added that DHS wants to set the baseline, and does not necessarily want to operate it all as a government operation. (DHS statement, dated 06/09/05, available at http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=4536 )
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently issued a Customs Bulletin notice requesting written comments by July 29, 2005 on its proposal to limit the application of the court decisions in Park B. Smith Ltd. vs. U.S. (Park) to the specific cotton woven table linens and cotton woven dhurry rug entries before the courts in that litigation. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/01/05 news, 05070110 for BP summary.)
The ITA states that if it does not receive, by the July 31, 2005 deadline, a request for an administrative review of entries covered by an AD or CV duty order listed above for the identified review period, it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess AD or CV duties on those entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of (or bond for) estimated AD or CV duties required on those entries at the time of entry, and to continue to collect the AD/CV cash deposit previously ordered.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Romania.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its countervailing (CV) duty administrative review of certain pasta from Italy for the period of January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Customs Bulletin notice requesting written comments by July 29, 2005 on its proposal to limit the application of the decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and the Court of International Trade (CIT) in Park B. Smith Ltd. vs. U.S. (Park) to the specific cotton woven table linens and cotton woven dhurry rug entries before the courts in that litigation.
The Senate Finance Committee has posted a notice on its Web site that on June 29, 2005, it favorably reported S. 1307, the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act and S.J. Res. 18, a joint resolution approving the renewal of the import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/29/05 news, 05062905, for BP summary on the House passage of a joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions on Burma.) (Senate Finance notice, dated 06/29/05, available at http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/leg/062905leg.pdf.)