Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated March 25 with 134 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 176,541. The most recent ruling is dated 03/22/2013.
Notable CROSS rulings
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated March 18. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated March 8 with 132 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 176,412. The most recent ruling is dated 03/18/2013.
The Census Bureau released its final rule revising the Foreign Trade Regulations at 15 CFR 30 March 13, changing the postdeparture filing program and requiring mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System, or AESDirect, for shipments of self-propelled vehicles and temporary exports (see 13031307). The final rule also adds some new data elements and outlines exemptions to Electronic Export Information (EEI) filing.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated March 8. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated March 8 with 151 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 176,279. The most recent ruling is dated 03/08/2013.
CBP released several documents outlining the agency's plans and expectations for operations following the budget cuts that took effect March 1. The agency will allow for operations as usual for Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and the Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS), the agency said. CBP has said it will continue to keep security, including radiation portal monitors, as a top priority during the cuts, but that trade processing could see major delays as a result of CBP furlough and cuts to overtime expenses. A list of CBP's trade priorities following sequestration is (here).
The World Trade Organization (WTO) posted the following notices from March 2-4 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):
The World Trade Organization established a panel to settle a dispute between Vietnam and the U.S., at a Feb. 27 meeting. The dispute (here), stems from Vietnam’s complaints over U.S. antidumping measures on certain frozen warm water shrimp, according to the WTO. Antigua and Barbados also submitted comments at the Feb. 27 on the ongoing dispute about U.S. measures that Antigua and Barbuda say prevent the supply of gambling and betting services on a cross-border basis. At the meeting, the two countries said the U.S. had used “intemperate and dismissive” language by previously referring to WTO-approved trade remedies as IP theft and government-authorized piracy. Antigua and Barbuda said WTO rulings should be “applied equally by all countries despite their size.” In response, the U.S. said it has been negotiating in good faith, and has “offered substantial compensatory adjustments” in other services areas, agreed on by every member except Antigua and Barbuda. (A summary of that dispute, which began in 2003, is here.) At the Feb. 27 meeting, Trinidad and Tobago (speaking on behalf of CARICOM), Haiti, Jamaica and Barbados supported Antigua and Barbuda's statement. Brazil, Cuba and China also supported Antigua and Barbuda and urged the U.S. to engage with Antigua and Barbuda to reach an amicable resolution to the dispute, according to meeting minutes. The U.S. and Brazil also reported that they reached a "mutually satisfactory solution" regarding the AD dispute over imports of orange juice from Brazil, the minutes said.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 22. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.