The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Nov. 7 (here) with 82 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 184,463. The most recent ruling is dated 11/05/14.
Notable CROSS rulings
A country-of-origin labeling (COOL) reform coalition is eyeing all legislative options in the coming months to give the Department of Agriculture authority to revoke portions of the U.S. COOL regime that the World Trade Organization determined violate global trade rules, said John Murphy, senior international policy executive at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a primary coalition member. The WTO paved the way for retaliatory tariffs against U.S. exports by siding with Canada and Mexico in mid-October (see 1410300020). The WTO agreed that U.S. labeling rules on meat muscle cuts, which restrict meat production from commingled cattle and hogs, discriminate against Canadian and Mexican livestock and production.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 31 (here) with 130 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 184,383. The most recent ruling is dated 10/30/14.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 25 (here) with 93 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 184,258. The most recent ruling is dated 10/23/14.
U.S. business and trade advocacy coalitions are digging in on their demand for Congress to immediately grant the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to rescind parts of the country-of-origin (COOL) labeling regime that the World Trade Organization says violates global trade rules. The WTO ruled on Oct. 20 the COOL regulations on meat muscle cuts favor U.S. industry and are inconsistent with cornerstone WTO agreements on tariffs and technical barriers on trade (see 1410200033). The U.S. will have 30 days to appeal the ruling, and if that does not happen, the WTO is afforded 60-90 days to adopt the Oct. 20 report, said industry group executives on an Oct. 20 conference call.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 17 with 38 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 184,167. The most recent ruling is dated 10/15/14.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 10 with 160 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 184,129. The most recent ruling is dated 10/10/14.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 4 with 64 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 183,984. The most recent ruling is dated 10/02/14.
CBP enforcement procedure for Importer Security Filing continues to solidify as a number of major ports have outlined their positions for dealing with ISF violators, said Craig Clark, who manages the ISF program at CBP, during an Oct. 1 webinar. CBP headquarters revised its take on ISF enforcement in May, advising the ports to focus on the more egregious ISF violators (see 14052106) and "significantly late" filing. While CBP left the definition of what is significantly late "intentionally fuzzy" to allow the ports to develop their own definition to reflect differences at the port level, it's safe to consider significantly late as "having provided that ISF at such a time that you negatively impacted CBP's ability to target that cargo," he said.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 23 with 79 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 183,726. The most recent ruling is dated 09/19/14.