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 May 31, 2005, of companies/persons offering data processing services to the trade community for the Automated Broker Interface (ABI).
Drawback
A duty drawback is a refund by CBP of the duties, taxes, or fees paid on imported goods, which were imposed upon importation as prescribed in 19 U.S.C. 1313(d). More broadly, a drawback also includes the refund or remission of other excise taxes pursuant to other provisions of law.
The Treasury Department (Treasury) has published its semi-annual regulatory agenda, which contains certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulatory rulemakings (rulemakings).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a new "Trade Engagement Biweekly Report" which summarizes topics discussed during workshops held to develop the business requirements for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 5. (These workshops are attended by members of the Trade Support Network (TSN), called Trade Ambassadors, who are importers, brokers, carriers, and other members of the trade community.) The following are highlights of CBP's summary of four ACE Release 5 workshops held in early March 2005:
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 April 26, 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 its Performance and Annual Report Fiscal Year 2004, which covers federal fiscal year (FY) 2004 (October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004), with discussion of some subsequent events.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a detailed memorandum regarding the drawback changes that were enacted by the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-429).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a detailed memorandum regarding the drawback changes that were enacted by the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-429).
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 March 29, 2005, of companies/persons offering data processing services to the trade community for the Automated Broker Interface (ABI).
The Justice Department, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has filed a request with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit asking that the court overturn the decision issued by the U.S. District Court in Montana that granted a preliminary injunction to delay the implementation of USDA's minimal-risk regions final rule, which would, among other things, re-establish trade with Canada for beef products and live cattle under 30 months of age. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/04/05 news, 05030410, for BP summary of the Montana court's injunction.) (USDA Release No. 0096.05, dated 03/17/05, available at http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2005/03/0096.xml)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the Spring 2005 issue of its "ACE Modernization Monitor" newsletter, highlights of which are noted below (see future issue for additional highlights):