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).
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 Commission (ITC) has posted to its Web site its preliminary report for its investigation (No. 1205-6) on proposed modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), which are scheduled to become effective in January 2007.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has posted to its Web site its preliminary report for its investigation (No. 1205-6) on proposed modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). According to the ITC, these proposed modifications are scheduled to become effective in January 2007.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the low-duty Tariff Preference Level (TPL) (2) for Mexico filled on April 19, 2005 at 10:52 a.m.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary partial affirmative determination that critical circumstances exist for imports of chlorinated isocyanurates from China for Shanghai Tian Yuan International Trading Co., Ltd. (Tian Yuan, one of five section A respondents), and the China-entity.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release on its final negative antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) injury determinations stating that the U.S. industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from India, Indonesia and Thailand which the International Trade Administration (ITA) has determined are sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, or by reason of imports of bottle-grade PET resin from India which the ITA has determined are subsidized.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice which again amends the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review for tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished or unfinished from China for the review period of June 1, 1998 - May 31, 1999, as there is now a final and conclusive court decision.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of April 18, 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 04/18/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice amending the final results of its countervailing (CV) duty administrative review, as there is now a final and conclusive court decision regarding the Court of International Trade (CIT) affirmation of the ITA's redetermination upon remand.
The Washington File reports that Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance William Lash has stated that stronger punishments and more vigorous enforcement are necessary to stem a growing epidemic of infringement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in China. According to Lash, the U.S. has damages of $20 to 24 billion a year from piracy in China, with the situation getting worse. (Washington File Pub 04/14/05, available at http://usinfo.state.gov/eap/Archive/2005/Apr/14-581627.html)