The customs broker’s license examination scheduled for April 2014 will be on Monday, April 7, said CBP in a notice. The four-hour exam consists of 80 multiple-choice questions, with a score of 75 percent required to pass. Exam topics usually include: Entry, Classification, Country of Origin, Trade Agreements, Antidumping/Countervailing Duty, Value, Broker Responsibilities, FP&F, Protests, Marking, Prohibited and Restricted Merchandise, Drawback, Intellectual Property Rights, and other subjects pertinent to a broker's duties. CBP said registration is expected to open for the exam in February.
Drawback
A duty drawback is a refund by CBP of the duties, taxes, or fees paid on imported goods, which were imposed upon importation as prescribed in 19 U.S.C. 1313(d). More broadly, a drawback also includes the refund or remission of other excise taxes pursuant to other provisions of law.
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NEW YORK- CBP is planning to eventually add reconciliation processing from the ports of entry to the Centers of Excellence and Expertise (CEEs), said Dora Murphy, director of the Apparel, Footwear and Textiles CEE on Nov. 6. The agency is also feeling out a move of drawback processing to the CEEs, though that idea is still in the early stages of discussion at the agency, she said at a conference held by the U.S. Fashion Industry Association, previously known as the U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (see 13110612). CBP will also relax the Importer Self-Assessment (ISA) requirement for CEE participation early next year in an effort to add members, she said.
The trade industry was still assessing the short- and long-term effects of the government shutdown Oct. 1. CBP had already said its core functions would not be immediately affected (see 13093028). And the U.S. National Airspace System was operating normally Oct. 1, with no reports of any impact to operations due to the government shutdown, said The International Air Cargo Association.
The Senate debated House-passed H.J. Res. 59, the stopgap government funding measure that withdraws Affordable Care Act appropriations, on Sept. 27. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., intends to hold a series of votes at 12:30 on Sept. 27 to send an amended bill back to the House. Should lawmakers fail to pass funding legislation prior to the outset of Fiscal Year 2014 on Oct.1, government-wide agencies will face varying levels of shutdown (see 13092521).
Drawback claims made on goods exported to Chile after January 1, 2012 are subject to U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement special treatment as described in 19 U.S.C. 1313(j)(4)(B) and 1313(n), said CBP in a CSMS message. U.S. duty drawback on exportations to Chile started being phased out January 1, 2012, for the following types of drawback:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP posted an updated version of its notice announcing that the next customs broker license exam will be on Monday, Oct. 7.
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