CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ)/tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of October 23, 2006. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain BFTA, CAFTA-DR, JFTA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, CAFTA-DR, CBTPA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (Chile FTA) 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 10/23/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
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1. Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of October 23, 2006
2. CBP Updates TSN ACE Recommendations on its Web Site
CBP has updated the following documents on its Web site:
Trade Support Network (TSN) User Requirement Recommendations and Great Idea Forms (GIFs) - the trade user requirement recommendations are developed by the TSN committees to document their input into ACE development for the purposes of future releases. With regard to releases currently in production or development, the TSN committees document their requirements input via the GIFs. (Recommendations and GIFs, updated 09/28/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/trade_support_network/requirements/.)
User Requirement Tracking Matrix (URTM) - the URTM provides detailed status information on all of the user requirement recommendations and GIFs submitted by the trade community via the TSN committees. These requirements will be reviewed by the ACE team and updated on a monthly or as needed basis. (URTM, updated 10/09/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/trade_support_network/user_req_matrix.ctt/user_req_tracking_matrix.pdf.)
3. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site
CBP has recently posted the following to its Web site:
Q&A - Do I need a license to import something? CBP has posted its answer to the question "Do I need a license to import something?" In its answer, CBP notes that you do not need a license to act as an importer; however, some items require a license or permit from various government agencies in order to be imported. (Q&A, available at http://help.customs.gov/cgi-bin/customs.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=197&p_created=1043364937&p_sid=iQPhZBki&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD01NjkmcF9wcm9kcz0mcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&p_topview=1.)