U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memorandum titled: "U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Instructions," that provides instructions for the filing and acceptance of claims for preferential treatment of goods under the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (BFTA).
Customs duty
A customs duty is a tariff or tax which a country imposes on goods when they are transported across international borders. Customs Duties are used to protect countries' economies, residents, jobs, and environments, by limiting the flow of imported merchandise, especially restricted and prohibited goods, into the country. The Customs duty rate is a percentage determined by the value of the article purchased in the foreign country and not based on quality, size, or weight. U.S. customs duties are listed in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued two quota bulletins on recent or upcoming increases to (i) the refined sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and (ii) the specialty sugar TRQ, for fiscal year 2006 (October 1, 2005 - September 30, 2006), as follows:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued to the ports and posted to its Web site instructions regarding (1) the use of visas to make claims for duty-free treatment under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for qualifying textile and/or apparel articles (textile articles) from Burkina Faso that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 4, 2006, and (2) quota reporting for certain apparel articles from Burkina Faso that are subject to the AGOA aggregate tariff preference level (TPL or Cap) and its sublimit.
The U.S. Trade Representative has issued an August 8, 2006 press release stating that the U.S. and Mexico have reached agreement on Market Access for Sweeteners, which includes a resolution of their World Trade Organization dispute on high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and beet sugar.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memorandum titled: "U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Instructions," that provides instructions for the filing and acceptance of claims for preferential treatment of goods under the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (BFTA).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message advising the trade on the ABI system requirements needed to file a U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (BFTA) claim.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memorandum titled: "U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Instructions," that provides instructions for the filing and acceptance of claims for preferential treatment of goods under the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (BFTA).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice on the Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) duty-free tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for certain originating agricultural products from Bahrain.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memorandum titled: "US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Instructions," that provides instructions for the filing and acceptance of claims for preferential treatment of goods under the U.S.- Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (BFTA).
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing its determination that Burkina Faso: (1) has adopted an effective visa system and related procedures to prevent unlawful transshipment and the use of counterfeit documents in connection with shipments of textile and apparel articles, and (2) has implemented and follows, or is making substantial progress toward implementing and following, the customs procedures required by the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).