U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued another administrative message on Remote Location Filing (RLF) for in-bonds, which is transcribed below:
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 its preliminary results of two antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances reviews for (1) certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Romania, and (2) carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice on CITA's designation of certain woven fabric, classified in HTS 5407.53.2020 and 5407.53.2060, for use in boys' suits, trousers, and suit-type jackets or blazers, sizes 2T-20, as in short supply ("commercially unavailable") under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA). (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/28/05 news, 05042820. for BP summary of CITA's designation.) (TBT-05-010, dated 04/29/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/tbts/TBT2005/tbt_05_010.ctt/05_010.doc)
(Review Period: 05/01/04 - 08/04/04)
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a notice, effective April 26, 2005, announcing that it has updated it Unverified List by adding one entity.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of May 2, 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 05/02/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to its Web site numerous new reports that the trade (i.e., various Trade Support Network (TSN) Committees and Subcommittees) has requested for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 5.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty investigation of certain artist canvas from China.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message containing its current guidance for determining the applicable antidumping (AD) or countervailing (CV) duty rate for Canada Softwood Lumber cases, A-122-838 and C-122-839, for entries on/after December 20, 2004.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice containing its determination that certain woven fabric, of certain specifications, classified in HTS 5407.53.2020 and 5407.53.2060, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA).