CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
CBP has posted to its Web site a notice announcing a "weekly" special import quota of 21,253,330 kg for upland cotton purchased not later than May 29, 2007 and entered under HTS 9903.52.35. The quota period is March 1, 2007 through August 27, 2007; the opening date is March 1, 2007.
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1. March1 Opening of 180-Day Special Import Quota for Upland Cotton (Announcement Number 35)
According to CBP, the use of the "special import quota" is at the importer's option and the TRQ quantity is not subject to the TRQs in HTS Chapter 52 Additional U.S. Notes (AUSNs) 5 through 10. CBP has previously stated that these 180-day quotas are established pursuant to a 1991 Presidential Proclamation, are "triggered" by high C.I.F Northern European cotton prices, and are provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter III, U.S. Note 6. (See notice for special instructions concerning the requirement for an original foreign government certificate and a certification by the importer.) (QBT-07-515, dated 02/22/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2007/07_515.ctt/07_515.doc.)
2. Upcoming "ACE on the Road" Events
CBP has posted to its Web site a list of upcoming "Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) on the Road" events. Below is a listing of upcoming ACE events that are educational and bring awareness to the current CBP, ACE Modernization Program:
March 8, 2007 -Chula Vista, CA
e-Manifest Seminar
March 2007 -El Paso, TX
ACE e-Manifest Seminar
May 31, 2007 - Ft. Worth, TX
North America's Super Corridor Coalition Conference 2007
(CBP's event schedule, dated 02/23/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_on_the_road.xml)