U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice that announces various modifications to the Automated Commercial System (ACS) Reconciliation prototype test.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the countervailing (CV) duty administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from India for the period of October 22, 2001 through December 31, 2002.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective August 30, 2004, which adopts without change an interim rule (T.D. 03-23) that amended 19 CFR 111.13(b) to allow CBP to publish a notice changing the date on which the semi-annual Customs broker license examination is held when the normal date conflicts with a holiday, religious observance, or other scheduled event.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final and temporary regulations, effective September 28, 2004, relating to the entry of taxable fuel (gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene) into the U.S. The IRS states that these final and temporary regulations affect enterers of taxable fuel, other importers of record, and certain sureties.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message reminding remote location filers of certain remote location filing (RLF) entry and statement procedures.

According to The Journal of Commerce, the Director for the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) states that the biggest problem with prior notice of imported food is importers' accurate reporting of the manufacturers' registration, adding that importers are doing it correctly only 16% of the time. The article states this is why the FDA is giving an additional 10 weeks of grace. (JOC, August 23, 2004)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message regarding the following QP/WP in-bond processing changes:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has scheduled the next Customs Broker License Examination for Monday, October 4, 2004.

Md. CLEC Global Telecom Brokers (GTB) asked the Md. PSC to prohibit any unilateral changes by Verizon to rates and terms for unbundled network elements (UNE) until the FCC has imposed its interim national rules for UNEs and UNE platforms. GTB said it was advised by Verizon that rates on UNE-P service to customers with more than 4 lines would be set to market levels effective Aug. 22. GTB said it has about 15,000 UNE-P lines in Md. and Verizon’s move would hurt it financially. GTB said Verizon’s price move might be preempted by the FCC’s anticipated interim UNE rules, which would add market confusion. GTB urged the PSC to preserve the status quo until new FCC UNE rules take effect; then there need be only one price change, if necessary to conform to the new FCC rules.