International TradeNewsletter - April 12, 2002
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U.S. Customs
April 12, 2002
- U.S. Customs has issued a final rule amending the customs
regulations that implement the preferential tariff treatment and other
customs-related provisions of NAFTA. The amendments involve technical
rectifications and other conforming changes to reflect amendments to the NAFTA
uniform regulations agreed to by the three NAFTA parties and to reflect changes
to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States. A copy of the changes is available at
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&docid=02-8053-filed.
- U.S. Customs has issued a final rule to amend the customs
regulations on drawback. The rule creates a new section that provides for
drawback on packaging material that is manufactured or produced in the
United States and used to package or repackage articles that are exported or destroyed
under the manufacturing drawback law. The drawback is 99% of the duty paid on
the imported material used in the manufacture or production of the packaging
material. A copy of the new rule is available at
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&docid=02-8217-filed.
- U.S. Customs is proposing to amend the customs regulations to allow
an importer of record, under certain conditions, to submit a single entry to
cover multiple portions of a single entry which, due to its size or nature,
arrives in the United States on separate conveyances. The agency invites the trade community to submit
comments on the proposed rule on or before June 7, 2002. To review the rules and for information on submitting comments,
visit
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&docid=02-8218-filed.