U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a fact sheet inviting importers to take part in the many advantages of establishing an ACE portal account. Benefits of an importer ACE portal account include access to numerous reports, improved communications with CBP and a consolidated management approach facilitated by the tracking of import activity in a single, comprehensive, account based view.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a fact sheet inviting customs brokers to create and maintain a free Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Secure Data Portal account and utilize the numerous ACE reports that are available. CBP states that an ACE portal account provides brokers with the ability to obtain monthly statements, make payments on behalf of their ACE and non-ACE clients, communicate with CBP, and track import activity in a single, comprehensive, account-based view.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the December 15, 2011 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that high pressure steel cylinders from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value (A-570-977). The ITA found preliminary AD rates of 5.08% to 26.23%, which are officially effective as of December 15, 2011. U.S. Customs is expected to implement these AD cash deposit/bond requirements soon.
The Office of Textiles and Apparel has issued monthly reports containing official October 2011 trade data from the Census Bureau for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts from China (A-570-937) which sets an AD cash deposit rate for two exporters. These rates, which are effective December 14, 2011, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Soon.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico (A-201-805) for four mandatory respondents1. The ITA has determined that these four respondents did not have reviewable sales, shipments, or entries during the period of review. Therefore, there is no change in the AD duties for any of these four respondents.
The Government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for Dec 9-12, 2011 (note that some will also be given separate headlines):
On December 8, 2011, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves urged policymakers to avoid jumping to conclusions based on highway fatality figures released by the Department of Transportation's preliminary report hat show an uptick in the 2010 figures. Graves states that even with this increase, 2010 was the among the safest years on record for the trucking industry. ATA hopes that policymakers will avoid the "error of recency" by overemphasizing the newest data at the expense of the overall, long-term trend, which according to the ATA, shows improvement in overall highway and trucking safety.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the December 13, 2011 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):