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.
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 the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico for the period of April 10, 2002 through September 30, 2003.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted information on its web site detailing the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS') and State Department's Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which will be implemented in stages from December 31, 2005 through December 31, 2007. The initiative will require all travelers from the Americas, the Caribbean, and Bermuda to have a passport, or other accepted document that establishes the bearer's identity and nationality to enter or re-enter the U.S. For more information (including FAQs, matrix detailing acceptable forms of documentation, etc.) visit http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/west_hem_init/.
CIT rules unused country-specific quotas for ice cream must be reallocated. In Pillsbury Company v. U.S., the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that with respect to the tariff rate quota (TRQ) imposed on ice cream, Customs is required to reallocate to the "common pool" of entries any unused, country-specific quotas.
Preparing scrap metal for export is not a "process of manufacture." In Washington International Insurance Company v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the Court of International Trade's (CIT's) decision that testing, sorting, sizing, and packaging scrap metal in the U.S. prior to export for manufacture into stainless steel sheets, does not qualify as a "manufacturing process" for the duty exemption provided in TSUS 806.30.
According to a columnist in the Washington Post's business section, the sugar lobby has come out against the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), in a bid to finally get sugar off the negotiating table once and for all, and preserve their tariffs and import quotas that cost Americans at least $1 billon a year in subsidies and artificially high sugar prices. (Washington Post, 05/11/05, www.washingtonpost.com )
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made final affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations that chlorinated isocyanurates from China and Spain are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
Effective March 7, 2005, the International Trade Administration (ITA) is revoking the antidumping (AD) duty orders on sodium thiosulfate from China, Germany, and the United Kingdom as no domestic interested parties participated in the ITA's five-year sunset review, which was initiated on February 2, 2005.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping (AD) duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China with respect to the following exporters and review period:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of two antidumping (AD) changed circumstances reviews for (1) carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Trinidad and Tobago, and (2) polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet and strip from India.