On February 11, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection launched a new means of delivering information on its Automated Commercial Trade Interface Systems, called the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS), which functions as both a database and as an email list serve.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection previously issued a general notice announcing that the 2008 annual user fee of $138 assessed for each customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by February 15, 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently issued several documents announcing that it is scheduled to launch a new means of delivering information on its Automated Commercial Trade Interface Systems, called the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS), on February 11, 2008.
The Washington Trade Daily reports that Colombian Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata has asked the U.S. to extend trade preferences under the Andean Trade Preference Act, as amended by the Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act, until 2009 while congress debates a free trade agreement signed between Colombia and the U.S. (Washington Trade Daily, dated 02/04/08, available at http://www.washingtontradedaily.com/)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice announcing that the third tranche for the fiscal year 2008 specialty sugar tariff rate quota that opened on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 oversubscribed at opening moment. The pro rata percentage is 72.130952% or 0.72130952.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a press release providing a 2007 "year in review" for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has recently posted Automated Commercial Environment "Topic" documents providing information on various ACE Secure Data Portal issues, etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Fasteners of Heading 7318.
The Justice Department has issued a press release announcing that a federal court in Richmond, Virginia has unsealed an indictment of three defendants involved in one of the largest ever counterfeit luxury goods operations in the U.S.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently issued several documents announcing that it is scheduled to launch a new means of delivering information on its Automated Commercial Trade Interface Systems, called the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS), on February 11, 2008.