On March 15, 2005, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert Bonner testified before the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Homeland Security regarding CBP's fiscal year (FY) 2006 budget request.
The CE industry Fri. tried accentuating whatever positives it could glean from an FCC decision that largely went cable’s way, extending the integration ban on digital cable set-tops by a year to July 1, 2007.
The CE industry Fri. tried accentuating whatever positives it could glean from an FCC decision that largely went cable’s way, extending the integration ban on digital cable set-tops by a year to July 1, 2007 (CED March 18 p1).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site "Trade Engagement Biweekly Reports," which contains items that were discussed during workshops held to develop business requirements for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 5.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued an interim final rule to, among other things, modify and extend the Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) System through March 21, 2009. In addition, this interim final rule modifies the list of specific products subject to automatic steel import licensing.
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).