The European Apparel and Textile Organization reports that EURATEX, acting on behalf of the European Apparel and Textile Industry, made formal application to the Commission and member-states to apply the special textile safeguard clause to 12 categories of textile and apparel products imported from China, including category 5 (jerseys and pullovers), category 6 (trousers and shorts of wool, cotton or manmade fiber), category 7 (women's or girls' blouses), etc. The release reports that China's own export data was used in making its unanimous decision to apply for relief. (EATO, dated 03/10/05, available at http://www.euratex.org/download/publications/pressreleases/china-safeguardmarch-10-2005.doc.en.html )
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) makes available on its Web site a list of brokers for each individual U.S. port of entry.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice announcing the availability of a March 2005 version of its Compliance Policy Guide (Guide or CPG) on the FDA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) strategy for enforcing the requirements of the interim final rule for submitting prior notice (PN) for imported food.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a new set of frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) regarding the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and air freight consolidators, ocean transportation intermediaries (OTIs), brokers, and non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Office of Information and Technology has posted a notice to its Web site containing a list, as of February 17, 2005, of companies/persons offering data processing services to the trade community for the Automated Broker Interface (ABI).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a list of approved trade and/or fictitious names (trade names) that are currently being used by licensed Customs brokers, updated as of February 14, 2005.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its final draft, dated February 11, 2005, of CBP's draft new C-TPAT Security Standards for Importers, which is available for distribution to subscribers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site various materials related to presentations made at the January 31-February 3, 2005 meeting of the Trade Support Network (TSN).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a February 17, 2005 (3rd) version of its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and responses regarding the mandatory advance electronic information requirements for rail cargo.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a February 17, 2005 (6th) version of its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and responses regarding the mandatory advance electronic cargo information requirements for truck carriers.