U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective July 10, 2006, which closes the port of entry of Noyes, MN, and extends the limits of the port of entry of Pembina, ND, to include the rail facilities located at Noyes. The closure and extension are the result of the closure of the Port of Emerson, Manitoba, Canada by the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency, which is located north of the Port of Noyes, and the close proximity of the Port of Noyes to the Port of Pembina. (CBP Dec. 06-15; USCBP-2005-0001, FR Pub 06/08/06 available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-8960.pdf)
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.
On June 6, 2006, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5441, the fiscal year (FY) 2007 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), etc.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a final report to the President in connection with its investigation of proposed modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) that are expected to take effect on January 1, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice on the use of the periodic monthly statement (PMS) process to pay estimated duties and fees when filing a single entry involving split shipments under 19 CFR 141.57, or a single entry involving unassembled or disassembled entities imported on multiple conveyances under 19 CFR 141.58.
In the May 31, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 23), CBP issued a notice revoking two classification rulings on HyperD chromatography sorbents. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions.
(BP is reissuing its summary of this CBP final rule in order to add omitted text regarding in-bond transport for Option 2, as well as add other information. This amended summary completely replaces06060505 in the June 5, 2006 issue of ITT. Added sentences or paragraphs are identified by ***.)
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective July 3, 2006, that amends 19 CFR Parts 141 and 142 in order to allow an importer of record, under certain conditions, to submit a single entry to cover multiple portions of a disassembled or unassembled entity that, due to its size or nature, arrives in the U.S. on separate conveyances.
The Bureau of Census' (Census') April 2006 AES Newsletter contains an article that states that the publication date for the final rule on the full mandatory filing of export information in the Automated Export System (AES) is unclear due to two comments raised by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) related to (1) grandfathering in currently approved U.S. Principal Parties in Interest (USPPIs) under the Postdeparture Program (previously referred to as AES Option 4) and (2) sharing of confidential export information from AES with foreign governments.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a proposed rule that would add a new 12.155 (Entry or admission of Mexican cement products) to 19 CFR in order to set forth special requirements for the entry of certain cement products from Mexico requiring import and export licenses.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a proposed rule which would add a new 19 CFR Part 360 in order to establish a Mexican Cement Import Licensing System in accordance with an agreement between Mexico and the U.S. on Trade in Cement (agreement) which settles ongoing litigation before the NAFTA and WTO dispute resolution panels, and provides for export limits for three years.