The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued an interim rule which, effective August 10, 2006, amends 49 CFR Part 1572 to reflect its determination that commercial vehicle drivers licensed in Canada or Mexico who have been accepted into the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) Commercial Drivers program by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), can use their FAST card as an acceptable credential to transport placarded amounts of hazardous materials or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 CFR Part 73 (hazmats1) within the U.S.
If it does not receive, by August 31, 2006, a request for an administrative review of entries covered by an AD or CV duty order or suspension agreement listed above for the identified review period, the ITA will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess AD or CV duties on those entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of (or bond for) estimated AD or CV duties required on those entries at the time of entry, and to continue to collect the cash deposit previously ordered.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release announcing that the U.S. and Malaysia made solid progress in the second round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations which were held during the week of July 17, 2006. According to the press release, the U.S. and Malaysia will meet again in September for another full round of negotiations. (USTR press release, dated 07/21/06, available at http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2006/July/US_Malaysia_Hold_Second_Round_of_FTA_Negotiations.html.)
In the July 26, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 31), CBP issued notices: (1) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on a novelty top hat, and (2) modifying three classification rulings on certain skin care products. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke, or is revoking, any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions.
CBP has announced that the 2006/2007 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for the August 1, 2006 through July 31, 2007 period on the following cotton open on August 1, 2006:
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.
In the July 19, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 30), CBP issued a notice proposing to revoke the classification treatment accorded to certain single mode optical fibers. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions.
In the July 19, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 30), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on palm fatty acid distillate, and (b) withdrawing the proposed revocation of four rulings regarding the country of origin marking for imported safety eyeglasses combined with prescription lenses.
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.