U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice on its Web site announcing that the next Customs Broker License Examination will be held on Monday, October 4, 2004.
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 18, 2003, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4567, the fiscal year (FY) 2005 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a final rule, effective July 24, 2004, that amends the definition of "customs officer" for the purpose of eligibility for overtime compensation and premium pay.
In the June 30, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 27), CBP issued notices (a) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on certain gas barbecue grills, and (b) granting Lever-Rule protection to Recot Inc./Frito-Lay, Inc. (Frito-Lay). CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in the proposed revocation notice.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that the Homeland Security Information Network-Critical Infrastructure (HSIN-CI) Pilot Program has been expanded to include critical infrastructure owners and operators and the private sector in Dallas, Seattle, Indianapolis and Atlanta. According to DHS, HSIN-CI is an unclassified network for two-way information sharing which provides DHS' Homeland Security Operations Center with continuous access to a broad spectrum of industries, agencies and critical infrastructure across both the public and private sectors. (DHS press releases, dated 06/23/04, available at http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/archdisplay?theme=43,44,45,47&monthyear=062004)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release stating that beginning July 6, 2004, it will begin full enforcement of the automation requirement for inbound vessel carriers under the 2002 Trade Act regulations (i.e. CBP's regulations on, among other things, the advance electronic cargo information requirements for inbound vessel carriers).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an updated informed compliance publication entitled Customs Valuation Encyclopedia (1980-2003).
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published its semi-annual regulatory agenda, which contains certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulatory rulemakings (rulemakings).
In the June 23, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 26), CBP issued a notice proposing to revoke a classification ruling on certain sunshades. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in this notice.