U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message informing all filers that any data input into the Importer of Record database (SRE file), on or after December 20, 2004, that is identified as being input as a knowingly invalid record will result in a broker penalty under 19 USC 1641(d) for egregious violation. CBP states that additionally, upon discovery of such false records, CBP personnel will immediately void the identified records to impede any future transactions.
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 made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that chlorninated isocyanurates from Spain are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
CBP Memo on Effective Date of Protest, 1520(c), and Other Provisions of the Miscellaneous Trade Bill
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a memorandum on the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (Public Law (P.L.) 108-429), which was signed into law on December 3, 2004.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2005 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on dried milk, dried cream, and dried whey, provided for in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 12 will open on Monday, January 3, 2005 at 12 noon E.S.T., or its equivalent in other time zones.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued two notices regarding the amendments to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) for textiles and apparel authorized by the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (Public Law (P.L.) 108-429).
On December 3, 2004, President Bush signed into law the conference version of H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (Public Law (P.L.) 108-429).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that chlorinated isocyanurates from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the 2005 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for agricultural products described in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter X, U.S. Notes 3 through 12 with respect to the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SFTA).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a Notice of Implementation under Section 129 of the Uruguay Rounds Agreement Act (URAA), regarding the countervailing (CV) duty measures on softwood lumber from Canada.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of steel concrete reinforcing bars from Latvia for the period of September 1, 2002 through August 31, 2003.