The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued two notices containing its determinations that certain woven, 100% cotton, flannel fabrics, of certain specifications, classified in HTS 5208.32.3040, 5208.42.3000, 5209.31.6050, or 5209.41.6040, for use in products covered by apparel categories 340, 341, 347, 348, 350, 351, and 352, 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.
On November 23, 2004, the Canadian government published a notice in the Canada Gazette seeking comments by December 20, 2004 on possible retaliation against the U.S. in response to the U.S.' failure to repeal the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA, commonly referred to as the Byrd Amendment). An associated press release and backgrounder was also issued.
On November 19, 2004, the Senate passed the conference version of H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004. The House passed the conference version of H.R. 1047 on October 8, 2004. The conference version of H.R. 1047 has now been cleared for the White House.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice which outlines the procedures that must be followed when processing quota-class merchandise under the Pre-Arrival Processing System (PAPS).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada for the period of April 10, 2002 through September 30, 2003.
In an earlier edition of International Trade Today, Broker Power had substantially transcribed what is now known as the first draft version of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) New C-TPAT Security Standards for Importers.
In the November 17, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 47), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to modify two classification rulings on prepared slides, (b) revoking a classification ruling on textile/foam orthodontic cervical neck pads, and (c) revoking ten classification rulings on truck engine cooling fan clutches. CBP states that it is also revoking, or proposing to revoke, any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the second specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) (i.e. tranche) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on November 16, 2004, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP the pro rata percentage is .1895 (18.95%) (See notice for reporting instructions.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 11/18/04 news, 04111860 2, for BP summary of the opening of this quota. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/22/04 news, 04102220, for BP summary of CBP's notice announcing instructions for the 2004/2005 global TRQs for specialty sugar.) (QBT-04-556, dated 11/18/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/2004_556.ctt/2004_556.doc)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review of polychloroprene rubber from Japan, concluding that Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) is not the successor-in-interest to the joint venture of Showa DDE Manufacturing K.K. (SDEM) and DDE Japan Kabushiki Kaisha (DDE Japan) (collectively, SDEM/DDE Japan joint venture), for purposes of determining AD liability in this proceeding.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has amended its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain polyester staple fiber from Korea for the review period of May 1, 2002 through April 30, 2003.