The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published its semi-annual regulatory agenda, which contains certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulatory rulemakings (rulemakings).
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 which amends the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review for certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Canada for the review period of August 1, 2002 through July 31, 2003.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice stating that, effective June 6, 2005, certain textile and apparel articles from Senegal are eligible for duty-free treatment under the "handloomed, handmade, or folklore articles" provisions of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) administrative message, CBP sources, and the CATAIR, if a filer reports a bondable1 AD/CV entry through the Automated Broker Interface (ABI), and a bond (usually a single entry bond (SEB)) is used to provide security for the AD/CV liability (rather than a cash deposit), the surety code is required in order to identify who is providing the bond, as required by TD 85-145.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of two antidumping (AD) changed circumstances reviews of (1) certain softwood lumber products from Canada, and (2) brake rotors from China.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil for the period of April 15, 2002 through September 30, 2003.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of May 16, 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 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 05/16/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain helical spring lock washers from China for the period of October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003.
CIT rules that market, not FDA or courts, recognizes a dietary supplement as therapeutic. In Inabata Specialty Chemicals v. U.S., the Court of International Trade (CIT) agreed with the importer and ruled that chondroitin sulfate (CS) entered in bulk powder form and packaged for retail sale as a dietary supplement according to FDA requirements, is classified under HTS 3001.90.0000 (duty-free) as other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the low-duty Tariff Preference Level (TPL) (1) for Mexico filled on May 9, 2005 at 1:40 p.m.