In the October 18, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin)(Vol. 40, No. 43), CBP published a notice revoking a ruling and treatment as follows:
CBP CROSS Rulings
CBP issues binding advance rulings in connection with the importation of merchandise into the United States. They issue the rulings to give the trade community transparency of how CBP will treat a prospective import or carrier transaction. Common rulings include the tariff classification, country of origin, or free trade agreement applicability of merchandise, among other things. These rulings are available in CBP's Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) database.
In the October 18, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin)(Vol. 40, No. 43), CBP published a notice revoking a ruling and treatment as follows:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has updated certain of its posted information on various countries' implementation and enforcement of ISPM 15 treatment and marking requirements for wood packaging material (WPM).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memo containing its implementation instructions for the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA 2006).
On October 13, 2006, the President issued Executive Order (EO) 13412 blocking the property of and prohibiting transactions with the Government of Sudan due to certain policies and actions of the government that violate human rights, in particular with respect to the conflict of Darfur, where the Government of Sudan exercises administrative and legal authority and pervasive practical influence, etc. (Executive Order 13412, FR Pub 10/17/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-8769.pdf)
In the October 11, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin)(Vol. 40, No. 42), CBP issued a notice revoking one ruling, modifying one ruling, and revoking a treatment, as follows:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an interim rule, effective October 16, 2006, that amends 19 CFR Parts 12 and 163 in order to establish special entry requirements applicable to shipments of softwood lumber products from Canada.
American Shipper reports that at the August 3, 2006 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially pronounced dead a rule in the works that would have required exporters to apply a high-security seal on every container, and ocean carriers to check they were secure at the port prior to vessel loading. According to the article, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to evaluate the potential for using an internal container security device (CSD) and other types of electronic seal technologies. (See ITT's Online Archives or 05/23/06 news, 06052310, for BP summary on CBP officials' statements that DHS' seal rule was "on hold.")(American Shipper, September 2006, www.americanshipper.com.)
In the October 4, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 41), CBP published a notice revoking a ruling and treatment as follows:
In the October 4, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 41), CBP published a notice revoking a classification treatment as follows: