In the December 24, 2003 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 37, No. 52), CBP issued notices (a) proposing to revoke a ruling regarding the port where a protest was filed, and (b) revoking a ruling regarding merchandise subject to a tariff rate quota (TRQ) mistakenly filed as non-quota.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of certain non-frozen apple juice concentrate (apple juice concentrate) from China for the period of June 1, 2002 through November 30, 2002. The ITA states that this review concerns Yantai Golden Tide Fruits & Vegetable Food Co. Ltd. (Golden Tide).
The State Department has issued a notice stating that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, has amended the designation of Jaish e-Mohammed and of Lashkar e-Tayyiba pursuant to Executive Order 13224 to add various names as aliases (listed in the notice). (Public Notice 4560, FR Pub 12/23/03, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31569.pdf)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a final rule which amends the Customs Regulations effective January 5, 2004 regarding the advance electronic presentation of information pertaining to cargo (sea, air, rail, or truck) prior to its being brought into, or sent from, the U.S. (See final rule for compliance dates for each transportation mode.)
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued two notices announcing that, following receipt of requests from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), it has instituted investigations regarding the probable economic effects of the proposed U.S.-Andean Countries Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the proposed U.S.-Panama FTA.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a proposed rule that would ban infant bath seats that do not meet certain requirements. Written comments are due by March 15, 2004.
CBP has announced the 2004 tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for agricultural products described in HTS Chapter 99 Subchapter X, U.S. Notes 3 through 12 with respect to the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
The December 22, 2003 Federal Register contains the semi-annual regulatory agendas for numerous federal government agencies. The agendas briefly summarize each agency's regulations that are under development or review, and include an estimated timetable and contact information.
On December 30, 2003, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a news release which details several additional protection measures that are intended to further strengthen protections against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has issued its Major Shippers Textiles and Apparel Report, which contains selected general import statistics by date of import from the Census Bureau through October 31, 2003 by country and category (including merged and part category).