CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
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)
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1. 4th Global Specialty Sugar TRQ Oversubscribed at Opening Moment
2. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of June 13, 2005
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of June 13, 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 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 06/13/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
3. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
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.
(The CBP messages marked with an * cover much of the same information as the ITA notices; however, CBP's messages often list the 10-character case number specific to each listed company(s). ITA notices only list the 7-character master case number. In addition, sometimes the master case number for CBP purposes (in parentheses, below, where applicable) differs from the ITA master case number.)
| Country | Product | Case No. | Effective | File Name | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Certain Lumber | A-122-838 | 05/25/05 | Adm: 05-0599 | *CD1 |
| China | Petroleum Wax Candles | A-570-504 | 05/13/05 | Adm: 05-0594 | SR |
| Italy | Certain Pasta | A-475-818 | 05/25/05 | Adm: 05-0588 | *CD2 |
| Italy | Certain Pasta | A-475-818 | 07/01/03 | Adm: 05-0589 | *LIP |
| Italy | Certain Pasta | A-475-818 | 07/01/03 | Adm: 05-0590 | *LIP |
| Brazil | Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products | A-351-828 | 03/01/04 - 02/28/05 | Adm: 05-0591 | AL |
| Norway | Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon | A-403-801 | 04/01/04 - 03/31/05 | Adm: 05-0592 | AL |
| China | Honey | A-570-863 | 12/01/03 - 11/30/04 | Adm: 05-0593 | *LIR |
| Mexico | Fresh Tomatoes | A-201-820 | 05/04/05 | Adm: 05-0600 | SSA |
| China | Brake Rotors | A-570-846 | 05/27/05 | Adm: 05-0601 | *CD2 |
| Italy | Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof | A-475-201 | 05/01/01 - 04/30/02 | Adm: 05-0602 | LI |
| Action Legend | |
|---|---|
| AL | Automatic liquidation instructions as no administrative review was requested |
| SR | Scope rule that twelve models of Pier 1's petroleum wax candles are outside the scope of the AD duty order on petroleum wax candles from China as they are composed of less than 50% petroleum wax and more than 50% palm wax |
| SSA | Updated list of signatories to AD suspension agreement |
| *CD1 | Cash deposit instructions due to final results of AD duty changed circumstances review |
| *CD2 | Cash deposit instructions for new shipper review |
| LIP | Liquidation instructions due to revocation in part of AD duty order on certain pasta from Italy manufactured and exported by IAPC, its successor-in-interest Pasta Lensi S.r.l., as well as Pastificio Guido Ferrara (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/10/05 news, 05021025, for BP summary of the revocation of the AD duty order with respect to these companies.) |
| *LIR | Liquidation instructions due to partial rescission of the AD duty administrative review of honey from China for: (1) Anhui Native Produce Import and Export Corporation, and (2) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Native Produce and Animal By-Products Import and Export Corporation |
| LI | Liquidation instructions for all shipments of ball bearings and parts thereof from Italy made by companies mentioned in Message Nos. 3199205 (dated 07/18/03), 3210201 (dated 07/29/03), 3248227 (dated 09/05/03), 3220201 (08/08/03), 2253202 (09/10/02) with a time of entry during the period May 1, 2001 through April 30, 2002 |