CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) commodity report as of April 10, 2006. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (CFTA) tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 04/10/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an "ACE Toolkit," which consists of three documents: (i) Overview of Periodic Monthly Statement; (ii) Entry Summary Accounts Revenue (ESAR) I & II Overview; and (iii) ACE Ambassador Locations. According to CBP, the toolkit provides a general overview of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and various components of key functionality.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an "ACE Toolkit," which consists of three documents: (i) Overview of Periodic Monthly Statement; (ii) Entry Summary Accounts Revenue (ESAR) I & II Overview; and (iii) ACE Ambassador Locations. According to CBP, the toolkit provides a general overview of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and various components of key functionality.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the March 2006 version of its Modernization Monthly newsletter to its Web site. Articles in this issue include (partial list):

CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) commodity report as of March 27, 2006. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (CFTA) tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 03/27/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice announcing that truck carriers who are not Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Truck Carrier Accounts can now use third parties to transmit truck manifest information, including advance cargo information, electronically in the ACE Truck Manifest system, via electronic data interchange (EDI) messaging.

On March 15, 2006, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4944, the "Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2006" (Act) by a vote of 412 - 2.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site under "What's New" an Attachment A entitled "Factories Comprising Qualifying Industrial Zones in Egypt Designated by U.S. Federal Register Notice of December 29, 2004." This list was Attachment A to a February 10, 2005 CBP memo, and names the industrial cities and the companies in each of the three QIZs. The list also contains a few "individual factories" for which the list states information is to be provided. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/03/05 news, 05060315 for BP summary encompassing the February 10, 2005 CBP Memo.)Attachment A List available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/international_agreements/free_trade/free_trade_area/israel_attachment.ctt/israel_attachment.doc

CBP has added three additional answers to question cards submitted at the CBP Trade Symposium that was held November 2-4, 2005 in Washington D.C. Answers have been added to: