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 November 24, 2004, of companies/persons offering data processing services to the trade community for the Automated Broker Interface (ABI).
The one-upmanship between HD disc formats turned in HD DVD’s favor Mon. when 3 Hollywood studios with about 45% combined DVD market share announced their support for the DVD Forum standard and their intent to issue HD DVD titles as early as next fall’s hardware launch.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that the 2005 annual $125 user fee that is assessed for each Customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by January 21, 2005.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice which outlines the procedures that must be followed when processing quota-class merchandise under the Pre-Arrival Processing System (PAPS).
In an earlier edition of International Trade Today, Broker Power had substantially transcribed what is now known as the first draft version of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) New C-TPAT Security Standards for Importers.
Although Broker Power had been informed that a document that was largely transcribed in ITT's November 12, 2004 issue was the 'second draft' of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's proposed new C-TPAT Security Standards for Importers, that document may actually have been the 'first draft,' as Broker Power has obtained another draft version entitled: "Draft 2 - C-TPAT Security Standards for Importers."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a November 10, 2004 version of its September 13, 2004 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and responses regarding the mandatory advance electronic cargo information requirements for trucks.
CBP Expands and Revises FAQ on Mandatory Advance Electronic Information Requirements for Truck Cargo
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a November 10, 2004 version of its September 13, 2004 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and responses regarding the mandatory advance electronic cargo information requirements for trucks.
Press sources recently reported that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had circulated an initial draft of new Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) security standards for importers among select importers for comment. Press reports had also indicated that CBP was expected to issue a second draft of the new C-TPAT security standards for importers within a week and hoped to issue final standards by early December 2004.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a news release announcing that Taiwan has agreed in principle to resume imports of U.S. beef and beef products. The news release states that Taiwan officials indicated that the required assessments and evaluations for trade to resume were nearing completion. (USDA news release no. 0468.04, dated 10/26/04, available at http://www.usda.gov/documents/NewsReleases/2004/10/0468.doc.)