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)
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 proposing to revoke two country of origin rulings and treatment as follows:
Reuters reports that the U.S. expects to complete free trade talks with Malaysia by the end of June 2008. Though the U.S. launched trade talks with Malaysia, its tenth largest trading partner more than a year ago, the negotiations faced an additional challenge after the two countries failed to reach a deal in March - a key deadline under the Bush administration's trade promotion authority, which expired at the end of June. (Reuters, dated 07/16/07, available at http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSSP4759320070716)
In the August 8, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 41, No. 33), CBP published a notice modifying two classification rulings and revoking a treatment as follows:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release announcing that the U.S. will initiate arbitration proceedings under the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA 2006) and that the USTR is working with the Commerce Department to take additional measures to monitor Canadian compliance with the SLA.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice announcing that it is revoking the antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bars from South Korea (Korea) as a result of the determination by the International Trade Commission that revocation of the order is not likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the U.S.
In the July 25, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 41, No. 31), CBP published a notice revoking a classification ruling and treatment as follows:
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews: