CBP Memo on Effective Date of Protest, 1520(c), and Other Provisions of the Miscellaneous Trade Bill
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a memorandum on the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (Public Law (P.L.) 108-429), which was signed into law on December 3, 2004.
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In the memorandum, CBP states that P.L. 108-429 amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to trade laws. Along with other changes, CBP states that P.L. 108-429 affects CBP trade operations primarily in two ways:
First, it mandates that many import entries be reliquidated to reflect duty changes. Second, it makes significant changes to many long-standing laws related to entry of merchandise, affecting areas such as liquidation, duty collection, protest, reconciliation, and drawback.
CBP has also included an attachment to the memorandum, which summarizes the provisions of P.L. 108-429, including the effective dates for various provisions.
Protest and 1520(c) Provisions Take Effect on December 18, 2004
CBP states that the provisions of P.L. 108-429 affecting protests and 1520(c) petitions become effective 15 days after December 3, 2004, which means that these new provisions will affect entries entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after December 18, 20041.
CBP adds that it is reviewing P.L. 108-429 to determine necessary actions and procedures for both CBP and the trade, and that further guidance will be forthcoming.
1The memorandum states filed or withdrawn from warehouse.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 10/20/04 news, 04102005, for BP summary of these protest and 19 USC 1520(c) provisions. See future issue of ITT for BP summary of the attachment, etc.)
CBP contact - Bruce Coulliette (bruce.coulliette@dhs.gov)
CBP memorandum and attachment (dated 12/15/04) available at