In the September 29, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 40), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to modify a classification ruling on a feather "duster" tickler, and (b) revoking a classification ruling on certain laser units for barcode scanners. CBP states that it is also revoking, or proposing to revoke, any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
CBP has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the Customs Electronic Bulletin Board (CEBB) is being systematically migrated into CBP's Web site (www.cbp.gov), and that the CEBB URL will become invalid in the near future.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews of heavy forged hand tools, finished or unfinished, with or without handles (heavy forged hand tools) from China for the period of February 1, 2002 through January 31, 2003.
(a) Venus has a de minimis rate of 0.06%; no cash deposits will be collected.
In the September 8, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 37), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on certain DVDs, and (b) revoking a classification ruling on certain nonwoven man-made material for use in blood filtration. CBP states that it is also revoking, or proposing to revoke, any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has published a notice regarding a petition submitted on behalf of Narroflex Inc., which had alleged that two coated, fusible interlining fabrics for use in waistbands1 (also termed ultra-fine elastomeric crochet fabrics), classified in HTS 5903.90.2500, which had been previously determined by CITA in April 2003 not to be available in commercial quantities in a timely manner, were in fact availablefrom the domestic industry.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued separate notices, each initiating five-year sunset reviews on the antidumping (AD) duty order for anhydrous sodium metasilicate from France, the countervailing (CV) duty order on sugar from the European Union (EU), and the AD duty order on sugar for Belgium, France, and Germany.
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.
In the August 25, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 35), CBP issued notices: (a) revoking a classification ruling on a miniature gardening tool set, (b) revoking a classification ruling on certain gas barbecue grills, and (c) revoking treatment regarding Durapore filtering material on rolls. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.