U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources have confirmed by phone that CBP will begin enforcing the Free And Secure Trade (FAST) Card requirement for Border Release Advance Screening and Selectivity (BRASS) shipment drivers at all ports1 on May 1, 2005.
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 issued an administrative message from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that its OASIS System was scheduled to be down for maintenance Saturday, April 9, 2005, between 5:00 a.m. EDT - 8:00 a.m. EDT, adding that prior notice (PN) confirmation numbers will not be transmitted back to filers during this downtime.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a proposed rule which would amend 9 CFR Parts 93, 94, and 98 on the importation of swine and swine products from the European Union (EU).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective June 6, 2005, regarding the electronic transmission of manifest information for passengers and crew members onboard commercial vessels and aircraft, in advance of arrival in and departure from the U.S., etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final interpretive rule, effective May 2, 2005, regarding the classification of baseball-style caps with ornamental braid.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice announcing a change to the merchandise eligibility requirements for participation in Remote Location Filing (RLF) Prototype Two.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published a notice in the Federal Register stating that on March 9, 2005 the Court of International Trade (CIT) affirmed the ITA's final results of redetermination on remand (remand results) with respect to certain stainless steel wire rod from Italy.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated its comparison of various trade agreements and trade programs in order to add the Australia Free Trade Agreement (UAFTA).
CBP has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of March 28, 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 03/28/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
American Shipper reports that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) General Counsel Joe Whitley has resigned, with no departure date announced. The article states that the General Counsel's departure continues the high turnover among top officials at DHS since November 2004. (ShippersNewsWire@americanshipper.com , dated 03/23/05)