U.S. Customs and Border Protection has previously announced that the next customs broker license examination will be held on Monday, October 6, 2008.
The 2008 Farm Bill (Public Law 110-246) contains the Softwood Lumber Act of 2008 (Act) which establishes an import data/declaration program under which importers will be required to submit two additional data elements (export price and export charges), and an importer declaration, for 'specified' softwood lumber and softwood lumber product imports. The Act also provides for Commerce Department export charge determinations, reconciliations/verifications of import data/declarations, penalties, reports to Congress, etc.
During the August 7, 2008 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), CBP officials discussed issues related to the 2008 Farm Bill's "first sale"data collection provisions, which require:
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a notice announcing the filing of Petition P1-08, by NCBFAA, Inc. for an exemption from mandatory rate tariff publication.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule to revise certain fee amounts in 49 CFR Part 594 relating to the registered importer (RI) program and the importation of motor vehicles not certified as conforming to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) for fiscal year 2009.
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. has issued a press release announcing that on July 31, 2008, it filed a petition with the Federal Maritime Commission asking the agency to use its authority to exempt non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs) from the requirements to establish, maintain, and publish rate tariffs.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message providing the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) system requirements for the additional trade data elements associated with softwood lumber products as required by the Farm Bill of 2008.
Below is a current list of imported commodities that are subject to Agricultural Marketing Service research and promotion program import fees (also termed taxes or assessments). Such fees are usually paid to U.S. Customs and Border Protection upon entry.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message providing updated information regarding the Food and Drug Administration's OASIS scheduled downtime for maintenance on Saturday, July 26, 2008, between 03:00 am (0300) and 06:00 am (0600) EST.
Internet piracy should be fought with a light regulatory touch, the British government said Thursday. It seeks comments on a plan for copyright owners and ISPs to negotiate codes of practice to address online infringement under the eye of U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom. As a possible first step, the government agreed with major ISPs, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the Motion Picture Association on an approach to reduce unlawful file- swapping. ISPs and copyright owners welcomed the proposals, but some digital rights activists said they still make criminals of consumers.