U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a textile book transmittal (TBT)1 on its Web site which states that in its review of textile and apparel entry summaries, it has found both brokers and importers to have made egregious errors in the reporting of statistical data, such that the entry documents do not correctly reflect the transactions. CBP states that these errors occur in the reporting of quantity, country of origin, classification, and manufacturer identification number.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice reopening the comment period until February 26, 2007 on its proposed rule to amend its regulations governing foreign and domestic drug establishment registration and listing for human drugs, including drugs that are regulated under a biologics license application, and animal drugs.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has previously announced that the next Customs Broker License Examination will be held on Monday, April 2, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site another revised (February 2007) version of its Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on e-Manifest" (electronic manifest).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an updated version of its lengthy document on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entitled "ACE Frequently Asked Questions."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that it has extended the deadline for comments on its draft proposal1 for additional advance trade data elements for maritime cargo (also referred to as the 10+2 proposal) to February 14, 2007 (from February 5, 2007).
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has posted the official "basic edition" of the 2007 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), which replaces the draft version. This "basic edition" of the 2007 HTS takes effect on February 3, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective April 1, 2007, which amends 19 CFR Parts 24 and 111 by increasing the fees charged for certain customs inspectional services under section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (COBRA), and incorporates two technical corrections to the existing fee chart at 19 CFR 24.22(g)(2).
In early January 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) posted to its Web site a notice requesting comments by February 5, 2007 on its draft proposal1 for additional advance trade data elements for maritime cargo (also referred to as the 10+2 proposal).
Paging company ISA Mobility told the FCC paging companies shouldn’t be required to follow revised rules for protecting customer proprietary network information (CPNI) now under review at the agency. “The company does not enable customers to place telephone calls or charge customers based on minutes of use, and its paging network does not store any information regarding the numbers of callers to its subscribers or paging calls received,” USA Mobility said: “As a result, USA Mobility simply does not possess the types of information sold by data brokers that pose concerns relating to pretexting.”