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CBP Proposes Changes to the In-Bond Process
SUMMARY: Under the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations, imported merchandise may be transported in-bond. This process allows imported merchandise to be entered at one U.S. port of entry without appraisement or payment of duties and transported by a bonded carrier to another U.S. port of entry provided all statutory and regulatory conditions are met. At the destination port, the merchandise is officially entered into the commerce of the United States and duties paid, or, the merchandise is exported.
Gender Discrimination Test Case Dismissed
On February 15, 2012, the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) dismissed the consolidated test case that had been created to litigate the gender and age discrimination issue in Slip Opinion 12-18
Updated Customs Bonded Warehouse Manual Issued
For the first time since, 1990, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has revised the Bonded Warehouse Manual for Customs and Border Protection Officers and Bonded Warehouse Proprietors.
Implementation of the 2012 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
Customs has issued messages and pipelines on the implementation of the 2012 Harmonized Tariff.
The purpose of this message is to inform interested parties of the 2012 Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) implementation. The World Customs Organization (WCO) amends the Harmonized System, at the six-digit level, every four to six years. Following legislation passed on December 29, 2011, the Presidential proclamation was published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2012 to implement the WCO HTSUS changes. The 2012 HTSUS amendments will go into effect on February 3, 2012.
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