U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that the 2007 annual $125 user fee that is assessed for each Customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by January 19, 2007.
In Retamal and Galvin v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, The CAFC rules that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction to consider the revocation of a customs broker's license for failure to timely file a Triennial Status Report, and remanded the case back to the CIT for dismissal.
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)