U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2007 annual $125 user fee that is assessed for each Customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by January 19, 2007.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2007 annual $125 user fee that is assessed for each Customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by January 19, 2007.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that the 2007 annual $125 user fee that is assessed for each Customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by January 19, 2007.

The Journal of Commerce Online reports that the Secretary of Homeland Security has said that federal security officials will have "zero tolerance" for port terminal operators who violate cargo search requests. The article notes that new port security funding legislation gives DHS the authority to go after terminal operators who intentionally or mistakenly allow suspicious cargo to leave the docks. (JoC Online, dated 10/03/06, www.joc.com.)

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued press release announcing that U.S. and Canadian officials signed a Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) on September 12, 2006, which aims to end a two-decade trade dispute between the countries and enhance the competitiveness of the North American lumber industry.

In November 2005, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a notice announcing that the 2006 annual $125 user fee that is assessed for each Customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by January 20, 2006.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that the 2006 annual $125 user fee that is assessed for each Customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by January 20, 2006.

The Department of Transportation's (DOT's) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a final rule, effective November 3, 2005, which amends its August 2004 final rule pertaining to the importation by registered importers (RIs) of motor vehicles that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper, and theft prevention standards.

According to a columnist in the Washington Post's business section, the sugar lobby has come out against the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), in a bid to finally get sugar off the negotiating table once and for all, and preserve their tariffs and import quotas that cost Americans at least $1 billon a year in subsidies and artificially high sugar prices. (Washington Post, 05/11/05, www.washingtonpost.com )

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has previously announced that the 2005 annual $125 user fee that is assessed for each Customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by January 21, 2005.