The Journal of Commerce (JoC) has reported that freight industry officials are waiting for guidance from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on certain air cargo security measures that are expected to go into effect soon. Among other things, JoC states that the TSA is in the process of working on a program that will allow foreign shippers to supply the TSA with information to be included in the known-shipper database. JoC notes that the TSA is also considering whether the definition of "known-shipper" should be changed to exclude shippers from outside the U.S.
In the November 8, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin)(Vol. 40, No. 46), CBP published a notice revoking a ruling and treatment as follows:
In the November 1, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin)(Vol. 40, No. 45), CBP published a notice revoking a ruling and treatment as follows:
In the November 1, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin)(Vol. 40, No. 45), CBP published a notice revoking or modifying 12 rulings and treatment as follows:
In the November 1, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin)(Vol. 40, No. 45), CBP published a notice revoking a ruling and treatment as follows:
In the November 1, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin)(Vol. 40, No. 45), CBP published a notice modifying a ruling and revoking a treatment as follows:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that would amend its regulations governing foreign and domestic drug establishment registration and listing for human drugs, including drugs that are regulated under a biologics license application, and animal drugs. Among other things, FDA's proposed rule would require electronic submission of all registration and most listing information rather than the current practice of submitting this information on paper forms.
Shipper's NewsWire reports that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has issued a report backing the renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a trade program that extends duty-free treatment to certain goods imported from specific developing countries. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce plans to increase its congressional lobbying with the aim of having renewal legislation passed before the end of the current congressional session. (American Shipper Pub 11/02/06, www.americanshipper.com)
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" in importance.
In the October 25, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin)(Vol. 40, No. 44), CBP published a notice revoking two rulings and a treatment as follows: