U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued what it terms "important" guidelines for carriers participating in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) electronic truck manifest (e-manifest) program. Preceding the guidelines is information on CBP's timeline for e-Manifest as well as its explanation of the need for this guidance, which is highlighted below.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication (ICP) entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Country of Origin of Knit-to-Shape Apparel Products.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that its most recent changes to the 2006 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, Harmonized System (HS) Update (No. 0603) contains changes with respect to:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) security guidelines for air carriers.
During the recent meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials stated that the new, mandatory Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Internet Application and Communications Portal (referred to as the C-TPAT Security Link Portal) is expected to be available on May 24, 2006. (CBP officials noted that they had originally expected the C-TPAT Security Link Portal to be available in early May 2006.)
In April 2006, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) posted to its Web site six Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Security Guidelines for the following trade sectors:
The Journal of Commerce reports that a new Senate cargo security bill, which includes security provisions for maritime cargo, railroads and public transit operations, has been fashioned by Senate leaders in an apparent challenge to the GreenLane Maritime Cargo Security Act, which was approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 5, 2006. Among other things, this new bill provides for C-TPAT regulations. (JoC Online, dated 05/15/06, www.joc.com )
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a new informed compliance publication (ICP) entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Stranded Wire, Rope and Cable, of Iron or Steel.