CBP Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the Reconciliation Prototype has been expanded to allow post-entry importation claims arising under the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (UCFTA). (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/03/04 news, 04090305, for BP summary of this expansion.) (CBP notice, dated 09/03/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/cargo_summary/reconciliation/benefits_recon_chile.ctt/benefits_recon_chile.doc)
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1. Reconciliation Prototype Expanded for Post-Entry Claims Under UCFTA
2. Certain Handloomed Fabrics, Folklore Articles, Etc. from Tanzania are Eligible for Duty-Free Treatment
CBP has posted a notice to its Web site concerning CITA's determination that certain folklore articles, handloomed fabrics, handloomed articles, and handmade articles made from handloomed fabrics produced in and exported from Tanzania are eligible for duty-free treatment pursuant to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/14/04 news, (Ref: 04091425), for BP summary of CITA's determination.) (TBT-04-029, dated 09/10/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/tbts/TBT2004/tbt_04_029.ctt/tbt_04_029.doc)
3. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of September 13, 2004
CBP has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of September 13, 2004. 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, and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics under HTS 9902.51.11 & 9902.51.12, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 09/13/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/cr040913.ctt/cr040913.doc)