The Washington Post reports that following the recall of millions of toys by Mattel Inc., The Walt Disney Co. said it will independently test toys featuring its characters and will start requiring licensees such as Mattel to submit their own test results before allowing products to hit shelves. (Washington Post, dated 09/10/07, available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/10/AR2007091000511_pf.html)
In the August 22, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 41, No. 35), CBP published a notice revoking a classification ruling and a treatment as follows:
In the September 5, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin(Vol. 41, No. 37), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke a classification ruling and treatment as follows:
In the August 22, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 41, No. 35), CBP published a notice revoking five classification rulings and a treatment as follows:
The Department of Transportation states that Stagecoach Cartage and Distribution from El Paso, Texas was given approval to operate in Mexico, and Transportes Olympic of Nuevo Leon was cleared to operate in the U.S., marking the start of a year-long cross border demonstration project that will allow U.S. selected trucking companies to operate in Mexico for the first time, and change the way a select group of Mexican trucking companies operate in the U.S.
In the August 15, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 41, No. 34), CBP published a notice revoking a classification ruling and a treatment as follows:
C-351-833Canada A-122-840 Indonesia A-560-815 Mexico A-201-830 Moldova A-841-805 Trinidad & Tobago A-274-804 Ukraine A-823-812
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
In the August 29, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 41, No. 36), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke a classification ruling and treatment as follows:
In the August 22, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 41, No. 35), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke a classification ruling and treatment as follows:
According to Zisser Group and Global Data Mining, LLC, more than 40 importers, including Totes-Isotoner, Target (and its affiliate Associated Merchandising Corp.), Payless Shoesource, Asics, Columbia Sportswear, and Steve Madden have filed complaints with the U.S. Court of International Trade accusing the U.S. of gender and age discrimination in the tariffs its imposes on similar items of apparel, footwear, and gloves. These companies state that more than 2,200 pairs of HTS codes are impacted by discriminatory duties (over 300 for age discrimination and more than 1,900 for gender discrimination). (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/07/07 news, 07080725, for BP summary on Target's and Totes-Isotoner's cases.) (Full article available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com)