In 2005, the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled in U.S. v. Pan Pacific Textile Group et al. (Pan Pacific), that the principal is responsible for unpaid duties under 19 CFR 1592(d) stemming from fraudulent customs violations by his agent, who was the "importer of record" for certain tracksuits imported from China.
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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a document entitled "U.S.- China MOU Frequently Asked Questions" in order to provide guidance to CBP field personnel and the trade community regarding the agreed quotas imposed on certain textile and apparel articles from China, and other related issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to the Pilot Bond Centralization Program section of its Web site a February 13, 2006 version of its guidance document entitled "Latest News and Developments." According to CBP, this document provides information on the Pilot Bond Centralization Program and current issues, policies, and procedures for processing bond applications. (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/08/05 news, 05120805, for BP's summary of CBP's November 29, 2005 version of its "Latest News and Developments" guidance document.)
In the February 8, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionBulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 7), CBP issued notices: (a) detailing the dates and draft agenda for the 37th Session of the Harmonized System Committee (HSC), and (b) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on anodes and cathodes used in electrolysis. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a document entitled "U.S.- China MOU Frequently Asked Questions" in order to provide guidance to CBP field personnel and the trade community regarding the agreed quotas imposed on certain textile and apparel articles from China, and other related issues.
CBP has posted the following documents to its Web site:
In the February 8, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 7), CBP issued a notice revoking a classification ruling on sapphire wafers. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical merchandise.
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.
American Shipper reports that since February 2005, representatives from six ocean carriers and a committee of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) have been meeting and while these meetings have not yet resulted in tangible progress, the article states that the fact that the two sides are talking constructively is a major step in resolving their differences. (American Shipper, dated 12/05, www.americanshipper.com.)
In the February 1, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 6), CBP issued a notice proposing to modify a classification ruling on various handtools and tool sets. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions.