U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release announcing that on January 31, 2005 it reinstated testing of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and its commercial truck processing capabilities at the port of Blaine, WA. CBP states that preparations for ACE transitions at additional ports are progressing, and schedules and the port locations will be announced at a later date. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/31/05 news, 05013100, for BP summary of CBP's plan to resume this pilot.) (CBP press release, dated 01/31/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/02012005_2.xml)
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 final results of the changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan. In these final results, the ITA has determined to revoke in part the AD duty order on 24 separate bushing alloy-lined corrosion-resistant carbon steel coil products (24 bushing coil products) from Japan, effective February 1, 2005.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message outlining changes to electronic protest to accommodate the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-429), etc. According to CBP, these changes will become effective in ABI on April 27, 2005.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that it is initiating a changed circumstances review of the antidumping (AD) duty order on frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) from Brazil.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice entitled "Current Bond Formulas" containing the five formulas now used1 to calculate bond amounts for Activity Code 1 (Importer/Broker) continuous bonds.
According to a U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) Textile Development Memo, on January 25, 2005, the government sent to the Court of International Trade (CIT) a notice stating its intention to file an appeal with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) challenging the CIT"s preliminary injunction enjoining the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) from taking further action on threat-based China safeguard petitions. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/04/05 news, 05010405, for BP summary on the CIT injunction.)(USA-ITA TDM, dated 01/26/05, www.usaita.com.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site 24 notices (one for each of 24 countries) announcing that the first staged entry period for overshipments of certain 2004 quotas for exports during January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2004 will open1 on February 1, 2005 at 12:00 p.m. EST or its equivalent in other time zones.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Mexico for the period of July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the expedited countervailing (CV) duty review for hard red spring wheat from Canada for the period of August 1, 2001 through July 31, 2002.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that on December 27, 2004 it received a petition requesting that an antidumping (AD) duty investigation be initiated on certain orange juice from Brazil.