Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 27 with 366 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 174,177. The most recent ruling is dated 9/27/2012.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 11 with 171 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 173,982. The most recent ruling is dated 9/10/2012.
Monsanto may substitute one type of chemical for the export of another type, said CBP's Entry Process and Duty Refunds Branch in an Aug. 17 ruling recently added to CBP's CROSS database. CBP said it considered the two products commercially interchangeable and eligible for unused merchandise drawback despite different levels of the active ingredient and different tariff classifications. Specifically, CBP found the chemicals met the criteria for being interchangeable under the drawback statute, 19 U.S.C. Section 1313(j)(2).
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 5 with 138 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 173,879. The most recent ruling is dated 9/1/2012.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 23 with 346 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 173,742. The most recent ruling is dated 8/21/2012.
At the December 2009 Trade Symposium, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials and others discussed CBP's rulings process and certain international rulings issues.
The International Trade Commission has released its new online Harmonized Tariff Schedule Online Reference Tool.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the agenda, presentations, and materials used during the September 8 - 11, 2008 meeting of the Trade Support Network (TSN) held in Tyson's Corner, VA.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has upgraded its CBP.gov homepage. According to a CBP news release on the upgrade, this is the first in a series of upgrades designed to provide a modernized, user-friendly Web site. The new homepage features more and larger photos, a rotating news ticker and streamlined layout. Future upgrades will simplify the navigation structure and improve users' experience with second level feature pages. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/24/08 news, 08012430 1, for BP summary announcing that CBP would be updating CBP.gov.)