The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.
In St. Eve International, Inc. v. U.S., the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled in favor of the importer, finding that three entries of shelf bra camisoles were properly classified under HTS 6109.10.0037 (2002) as women's or girls' underwear (Cat 352).
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by February 10, 2004 regarding a "commercial availability" request it received under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA), and the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) from Warren Corporation:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release stating that Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 was a record-breaking year for the volume of trade entering through U.S. seaports and borders. According to CBP, it collected nearly $1 billion more in revenue for the federal government in FY 2003 than in FY 2002.
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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a Federal Register notice stating that pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the existing export visa and folklore certification requirements are being canceled for textile and apparel products in Categories 410, 433, 443, and 611 as such products are no longer subject to 'regular' quotas for exports from Mexico on and after January 1, 2004. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/14/04 news, 04011415, for earlier BP summary.) (FR Pub 01/23/04, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-1560.pdf)
Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. The following has been issued since BP's most recent update:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice stating that, effective January 23, 2004, the U.S. is rescinding the visa and ELVIS requirement for Chinese origin products in Categories 222, 349/649 and 350/650 which remain subject to safeguard quotas. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/22/04 news, 04012210, for BP summary of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements' (CITA's) announcement of this rescission.) (QBT-04-001, dated 01/23/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/ImageCache/cgov/content/import/textiles/qbt/qbt2004/2004_5f001_2edoc/v1/2004_5f001.doc)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its changed circumstances review of the countervailing (CV) duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada. As a result, the ITA is revoking this CV duty order for entries of subject merchandise with a time of entry on or after February 8, 2002.
On January 22, 2004, the Senate passed the conference report for H.R. 2673, the fiscal year (FY) 2004 omnibus appropriations bill for a number of federal government departments and agencies, by a vote of 65 to 28.