CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that its most recent changes to the 2006 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, Harmonized System (HS) Update (No. 0603) contains changes with respect to:
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1. HS Update - Changes to the 2006 Harmonized Tariff Schedule Records
Additional statistical breakouts in HTS Chapters 52 and 62 for imports containing compact yarns. These changes at the 9th and 10th digits are effective June 1, 2006, and are being implemented at the request of CITA;
A new multi-chip tariff number, 8543.89.93, with a duty rate of "free", and the renumbering of 8543.89.96 as 8543.89.97 with a duty rate of 2.6%, retroactive to April 1, 2006, at the request of USTR;
changes to the OGA flags and tariff rate quota indicators on the tariff file; and
changes required by the verification of the 2006 HTS.
CBP states that updated records are currently available to all ABI participants and can be retrieved electronically via the procedures outlined in the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR). (Adm: 06-0614, dated 05/17/06, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/admmsgs/2006/06-0614.html)
2. Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of May 15, 2006
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) commodity report as of May 15, 2006. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain CAFTA-DR, JFTA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CAFTA-DR, CBTPA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (Chile FTA) tariff preference levels (TPLs) and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly TRQ/TPL commodity report, dated 05/15/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
3. Other Posted CBP Documents
ACE exchange conference. CBP has posted additional documents on its upcoming ACE Exchange Conference in Chicago to be held in two sessions, for brokers and importers (August 15-16, 2006) and for carriers (August 16-17, 2006). The additional documents consist of a conference overview (dated 05/17/06) and online registration (dated 05/17/06). (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/24/06 news, 06042410 for earlier BP summary on conference.) (ACE exchange documents available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_ex_conf/; announcement of conference also issued as Adm: 06-0557 (dated 05/09/06), available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2006/2006-0557.ADM )
President Bush's strategy for accelerating border security. CBP overview of the implications of President Bush's address on comprehensive immigration reform on border security, including the addition of 6,000 more Border Patrol agents, and an equal number of National Guard troops as an interim measure. (CBP document dated 05/16/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/immi_reform/presi_strategy.xml )
4. VOCCs That Have Become Sea AMS Operational
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the following vessel operating common carriers (VOCCs) have become Sea AMS operational:
The administrative messages listed above are availablefrom http://www.brokerpower.net/admin_messages/ (and can be searched by message number, country, product, etc.).