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).
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)