U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a list of approved trade and/or fictitious names (trade names) that are currently being used by licensed Customs brokers, updated as of February 14, 2005.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its final draft, dated February 11, 2005, of CBP's draft new C-TPAT Security Standards for Importers, which is available for distribution to subscribers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site various materials related to presentations made at the January 31-February 3, 2005 meeting of the Trade Support Network (TSN).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a February 17, 2005 (3rd) version of its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and responses regarding the mandatory advance electronic information requirements for rail cargo.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a February 17, 2005 (6th) version of its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and responses regarding the mandatory advance electronic cargo information requirements for truck carriers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a document entitled "Instructions for the Customs Broker License Examination."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice stating that effective February 9, 2005, all claims for tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (UAFTA) may be filed via an Automated Broker Interface (ABI) entry, as ABI programming has been completed. CBP states that ports holding non-ABI entries claiming the UAFTA should process these entries through the quota module. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/10/05 news, 05021005, for BP summary of CBP's administrative message announcing that UAFTA claims could be filed through ABI effective February 9, 2005.) (QBT-05-504, dated 02/09/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_504.ctt/05_504.doc)
The Office of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a Federal Register notice announcing that on September 18, 2003, the United States and Laos signed a trade agreement obligating reciprocal normal trade relations (NTR) treatment between Laos and the United States.
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued eight orders denying eight petitions submitted by seven non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs) and one trade association requesting that some or all NVOCCs be granted, variously, the ability to enter into confidentially negotiated service contracts with their customers, an exemption from establishing and publishing rate tariffs for ocean transportation, etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message stating that the Automated Commercial System (ACS) has been modified to accept U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (UAFTA) claims through the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) system, effective February 9, 2005.