U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memorandum describing the terms of a new Harmonized System (HS) Explanatory Note (EN) for heading 4202 on certain containers with an outer surface of grain or split leather that has been coated with a thin layer of plastics or synthetic rubber.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain orange juice from Brazil is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

In the July 20, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 34), CBP issued a notice modifying a classification ruling on tertiarybutylamine. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in this notice.

In the August 10, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 33), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to modify a classification ruling on a carrying case, and (b) revoking a classification ruling of a plastic-coated leather cosmetics bag. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke, or is revoking, any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.

In the August 10, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 33), CBP issued notices proposing to revoke or modify eleven classification rulings with respect to certain synthetic "pumice stones" comprised of glass, plastic, or agglomerated stone. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in this notice.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor."

According to the Census Bureau's July 2005 Automated Export System (AES) Newsletter, on June 12, 2005, AES was modified to add text to identify the USPPI ID and USPPI ID type for each and every block within a rejected batch and return this text to the filer in an ES1 informational message. Text was also added to indicate the Shipment Reference Number within the rejected block and return it in a separate ES1 informational message.

In the August 10, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 33), CBP issued notices proposing to: (a) revoke a classification ruling on disposable foot socks, and (2) revoke a classification ruling on a wrestling championship belt. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release stating that on August 11, 2005, a majority of Commissioners voted to revoke the existing countervailing (CV) duty order on sugar from the European Union (EU) (C-408-046) and the existing antidumping (AD) duty orders on sugar from Belgium, France, and Germany (A-423-077, A-427-078, A-428-082, respectively).

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews for the period of July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004: