U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of June 27, 2005. This report includes tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (CFTA) tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 06/27/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
In the June 22, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 26), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke or modify two classification rulings on silymarin (milk thistle) and leucoanthocyanin, and (b) revoking treatment accorded flame cut nonalloy steel circles. CBP states that it is also revoking, or proposing to revoke, any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
In the June 22, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 26), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to modify a classification ruling on certain disposable coveralls, and (b) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on a plastic-coated leather cosmetics bag. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the fourth specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) (i.e. tranche) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on June 7, 2005, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP the pro rata percentage is .224776 (22.4776%). (See notice for reporting instructions.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/05 news, 05060225, for BP summary of the opening of this quota. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/22/04 news, 04102220, for BP summary of CBP's notice announcing instructions for the 2004/2005 global TRQs for specialty sugar.) (QBT-05-513, dated 06/10/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_514.ctt/05_514.doc)
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release stating that on June 7, 2005, a majority of Commissioners voted to revoke the existing antidumping (AD) duty order on certain stainless steel plate from Canada (ITA case number A-122-830).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:
In the May 25, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 22), CBP issued notices: (a) revoking two classification rulings on Protamine Sulfate, and (b) revoking a classification ruling on tungsten carbide rods. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
Effective May 26, 2005, the International Trade Administration (ITA) is revoking the antidumping (AD) duty order on sebacic acid from China as the International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that revocation would not likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the U.S., within a reasonable foreseeable future.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued various notices, each initiating automatic five-year sunset reviews on the above-listed antidumping (AD) duty orders.