U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a final rule which amends 19 CFR Parts 111, 113, 141, 142, and 143, effective January 29, 2010, in order to make Remote Location Filing a permanent regulatory program, instead of a prototype test as it is currently.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a general notice announcing its plans to conduct a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR III) capabilities.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a new informed compliance publication entitled What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: U.S. Customs & Border Protection Rulings Program.
At a November 4, 2009 trade association meeting, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials discussed a variety of issues related to the importation of textiles and apparel, highlights of which include the following:
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a final rule, effective December 10, 2009, which repeals the exemption from the Shipping Act's 45-day statutory waiting period that had allowed marine terminal agreements to become effective upon filing.
At the November 5, 2009 Trade Support Network meeting, the TSN presented multiple documents to U.S. Customs and Border Protection regarding the Automated Commercial Environment.
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry reminds the public that Japan will act as the chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2010 Symposium to be held December 9-10, 2009 in Tokyo. Participants will conduct discussions on APEC free trade goals, regional economic integration, the concept of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), and strategies for prosperity in Asia-Pacific. (Press release, dated 11/27/09, available at http://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/data/20091127_01.html)
On November 18, 2009, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions amended and unanimously approved1 S. 510, the "FDA Food Safety Modernization Act."
Relationships between TV stations and the networks they're affiliated with have grown increasingly tense in some cases as both sides seek more money for carriage of the local signals by pay-TV companies, some executives said. As local and national TV advertising sales had slumped during the recession, the need for retransmission consent payments appears to be increasing, our survey of industry executives and lawyers found. Efforts by networks including Fox to share in the money that stations get from cable and other pay-TV providers to carry affiliates and to encourage affiliates to get higher fees have heightened tensions, some said.
The ITDS Board has submitted its annual report on the International Trade Data System to Congress, as required by the 2006 SAFE Port Act.1 The report includes updates on the status of ITDS implementation and the status of the Automated Commercial Environment within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, among other issues.