A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 15, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of July 15. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.
CBP issued a clarification regarding imports from Iran in a CSMS message. Since Sept. 29, 2010, only certain products can be imported lawfully into the U.S. from Iran, said CBP. Those items are:
In the July 3 issue of the Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 28), CBP published two notices of revocation of rulings and treatment regarding drawback of processed prunes and the classification of valve cable supports.
Disposable medical devices produced by Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Systems (BD) may not be temporarily removed from a foreign trade zone (FTZ) for sterilization, said CBP in a June 21 ruling. The ruling came in response to a request on behalf of BD that CBP determine whether or not BD could temporarily remove devices such as needles, syringes, catheters and cannulas from a FTZ for sterilization purposes without entering the devices for consumption.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 12, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
In the July 3 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 28), CBP published two notices of revocation of rulings and treatment regarding drawback of processed prunes and the classification of valve cable supports.
Importers should continue to flag goods that are eligible for Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) beyond the expiration of the program on July 31, said CBP in a CSMS message. The normal duty rate should be paid for GSP goods following the expiration, but continued flagging of the imports will allow CBP to process automatic duty refunds if GSP is renewed with a retroactive clause, the agency said. Importers should use the special program indicator (SPI) A or A+, it said. Both GSP and the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) will expire at the end of the month unless Congress renews them. "No corresponding procedure is available" for the Andean programs. The expiration of GSP won't affect payment of the merchandise processing fee, said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 11, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP is extending the comment period to Aug. 5, on the extension of an existing information collection, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Certificate of Origin. There are no changes to the information collected.