The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a final rule, effective October 1, 2006, which revises 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).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memorandum titled: "US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Instructions," that provides instructions for the filing and acceptance of claims for preferential treatment of goods under the U.S.- Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (BFTA).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site Amendment 10, dated July 31, 2006, to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an updated list of 45 administrative messages, from July 2006 back to 1993, detailing procedures for Remote Location Filing (RLF), Electronic Invoice Processing (EIP), and the use of Invoice by Request (INVREQ) in both RLF and EIP. This updated list reflects the addition of Adm: 06-0871, which states that filers may not use EIP or RFL for EU pasta agreement entries. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/31/06 news, 06073110 for BP summary of Adm: 06-0871.)(List of RLF and EIP Messages, dated 07/25/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/cargo_summary/remote_location_filing/operational_notes/message_list.xml.)
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: Cane and Beet Sugar (Quota, Classification & Entry).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted updated information to its Web site regarding its Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Exchange Conference for importers and brokers on August 15-16, 2006 and for truck carriers on August 16-17, 2006, in Chicago, IL.
On July 25, 2006, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner W. Ralph Basham testified at the House Ways and Means Committee Trade Subcommittee's hearing on Customs budget authorizations and other Customs issues. Also testifying at the hearing were representatives from the following organizations:
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: Raw Cotton: Tariff Classification and Import Quotas.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release announcing that 30 ports are now accepting the electronic CBP Form 214 (e214, Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Admission and/or Status Designation) in lieu of a paper copy.
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: NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) for Textiles and Textile Articles.