CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ)/tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of February 26, 2007. 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 02/26/07, 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 February 26, 2007
2. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site
CBP has posted to its Web site the following:
Mandatory e-Manifest: Truck to be implemented in Michigan & New York. CBP has issued a press release and an ABI administrative message announcing that the third group of land border ports to become mandatory for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) electronic manifest: Truck (e-Manifest: Truck) for advance cargo information purposes will be those in Michigan and New York effective May 24, 2007. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/26/07 news, 07022605, for earlier BP summary.) (CBP press release, dated 02/23/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/02232007_1.xml; CBP Adm. 07-0056, dated 02/23/07, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2007/2007-0056.ADM)
U.S. & Azerbaijan sign partnership to secure & facilitate travel & trade. CBP has issued a press release announcing that representatives of CBP and the Republic of Azerbaijan Customs have signed a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement designed to assist the two countries in improving the flow of travel and trade while securing them against terrorism and illegal activities. (CBP press release, dated 02/16/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/02162007_2.xml)
Intellectual property rights enforcement video posted. CBP has posted to its Web site its 2-part video on intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. The video takes the viewer "inside CBP" and shows how CBP stops counterfeit goods from entering the country and shows some of the dangers that counterfeit products pose and how CBP disposes of such products. (CBP videos, posted February 2007, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/whats_new.xml)