The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review of certain softwood lumber products from Canada.
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.
In the June 22, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 26), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to modify a classification ruling on certain disposable coveralls, and (b) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on a plastic-coated leather cosmetics bag. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site new "Trade Engagement Biweekly Reports" which summarize topics discussed during workshops held to develop the business requirements for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 5.
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice that modifies the 2004 - 2013 Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTS) in order to correct errors in the staged duty rates for a small number of products that are originating goods of Chile under the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement (UCFTA).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a document entitled, Answers to Question Cards Submitted at CBP Trade Symposium 2004.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a fact sheet regarding the textile provisions of the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA, CAFTA-DR, or DR-CAFTA).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania for the period of November 1, 2002 through October 31, 2003.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the fourth specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) (i.e. tranche) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on June 7, 2005, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP the pro rata percentage is .224776 (22.4776%). (See notice for reporting instructions.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/05 news, 05060225, for BP summary of the opening of this quota. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/22/04 news, 04102220, for BP summary of CBP's notice announcing instructions for the 2004/2005 global TRQs for specialty sugar.) (QBT-05-513, dated 06/10/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_514.ctt/05_514.doc)
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The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of fresh garlic from China for the period of November 1, 2002 through October 31, 2003.