CBP has posted an updated version of its fact sheet on the benefits of ACE for sureties. The list of benefits has been updated to state that sureties can run a custom bond report as well as created customized reports and to state that sureties can query a bond by "Bond Number," "Bond Activity Code," or "Bond Status." The additional information section has also been updated to state that additional information is alsoavailable on the ACE training and Reference Guides pages on www.cbp.gov/modernization. (Fact sheet, dated 02/03/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/trade/ace_factsheets/ace_overview/sureties_fact_sheet.xml)
Court of International Trade
The United States Court of International Trade is a federal court which has national jurisdiction over civil actions regarding the customs and international trade laws of the United States. The Court was established under Article III of the Constitution by the Customs Courts Act of 1980. The Court consists of nine judges appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is located in New York City. The Court has jurisdiction throughout the United States and has exclusive jurisdictional authority to decide civil action pertaining to international trade against the United States or entities representing the United States.
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and Court of International Trade (CIT) cases on international trade issues were dated, decided, or posted during the period of November 24 - December 16, 2008:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has again posted the final versions of two Importer Security Filing (ISF) transaction sets, the ANSI X12 309 Manifest with Security Filing and the ANSI X12 309 Importer Security Filing. The first set has been corrected to state that it is in final form and conforms to the 10+2 interim final rule. Both sets also have new posting dates and may include additional changes. (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/16/08 news, 08121605, for BP summary of CBP finalizing these ISF transaction sets.) (ISF transaction sets available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/sf_transaction_sets/)
The International Trade Administration has amended its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan for the period of May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum regarding the impact of Presidential Proclamation 8323, which granted Mauritius preferential tariff treatment accorded to designated African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries and suspended Bolivia from the list of countries eligible to receive benefits under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). CBP has updated programming to allow the use of HTS 9819.11.12 for goods from Mauritius entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after October 31, 2008. CBP will no longer allow claims under HTS 9821.11.25 for textile goods from Bolivia effective December 15, 2008. (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/05/08 news, 08120505, for BP summary on Proclamation 8323.) (QBT-08-119, dated 12/04/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2008/qbt_08_119.ctt/qbt_08_119.pdf)
In U.S. v. National Semiconductor Corporation, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Court of International Trade's penalty award under 19 USC 1592 for underpayment of merchandise processing fees (MPFs), but reversed the award of prejudgment interest.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its reconsideration of the 1996-2001 sunset review of the antidumping duty order on large newspaper printing presses and components thereof, whether assembled or unassembled (LNPP), from Japan.
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and Court of International Trade (CIT) cases on international trade issues were dated, decided, or posted during the period of November 4 - November 13, 2008:
CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that due to unexpected network problems, FDA's OASIS system went down at approximately 9:00 a.m. on November 17, 2008. CBP stated that OASIS was not anticipated to be up for the following 2-4 hours and as a result, FDA was operating under the Prior Notice Scenario 2 Contingency.
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and Court of International Trade (CIT) cases on international trade issues were dated, decided, or posted during the period of October 20 - October 22, 2008 (certain other dates are also included):