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June 2005             

Customs accepts M.E. Dey & Co., Inc. into ACE

ACE is a secure portal that is expected to increase import and export efficiency while enhancing border security.  ACE is a customized computer screen similar to a web-site home page.  It provides a single, on-line access point to connect CBP and M.E. Dey’s customers.  ACE will eventually provide access to Participating Government Agencies (PGAs) with trade and border enforcement responsibilities.  ACE gives M.E. Dey the tools necessary to track our customer’s entries – no matter what Broker may have filed it.  M.E.  Dey can monitor any outstanding unliquidated entries, Customs requests for information and even penalties.

Our customers can secure additional benefits.  Importers can pay their own duties up to 30 days after entry!  And Importers can pay all of their duties just once time – once per month!  Call us and we will help you take advantage of this cash flow advantage.

RLF – Remote location filing has been extended to in bond shipments

Now M.E. Dey can arrange to clear your freight anywhere in the United States. Combined with our eVENT program, you can receive immediate notification of customs clearance your imported freight anywhere in the United States!

C-TPAT Raises COAC Issues

Validation, verification and benefits of C-TPAT are issues that Customs and Border Protection needs to clarify...

Final C-TPAT Rules Out

 C-TPAT No Longer Requirement of ACE

BRASS- (Presented by a FAST Driver or face penalty) effective May 1st, 2005

Information Sharing Helps Maritime Security, but Security Clearances Are Needed

New Air Cargo Rules Proposed in U.S.

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Basic U.S. Marking Rules

• Legible: Marking must be large enough to be read by a person with “normal vision”.

• Conspicuous: Where visible to casual handling and won’t be covered by additions.

• Permanent: Not removable except by deliberate effort. Stencils and stamps best; hanging tags if durable enough to reach ultimate purchaser.

• Abbreviations (e.g. for countries) often unacceptable.

• Containers: Don’t require own marking. But unusual containers, imported empty or full, must be marked: “Container made in (country)”

• Combined articles: An article to be combined with another in U.S. but not so as to be “substantially transformed” must be marked: (name of imported article) made in (country).

Storage Policy and Change to “Free Time Expires” on documents
 

Steel Import Monitoring & Analysis

The International Trade Administration has issued an interim final rule concerning the Steel Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system in the Federal Register of March 11, 2005.

The purpose of the SIMA system is to provide steel producers, steel consumers, importers, and the general public with accurate and timely information on anticipated imports of certain steel products. Currently, the SIMA system requires licenses for imports of certain steel products that were formerly covered under the President's safeguard action. Details of the current system can be found in the final rule (19 CFR 360) published on December 31, 2002 (67 FR 79845).

The interim rule extends the SIMA system for an additional four years, until March 21, 2009. The product coverage under the SIMA system will be modified to include all basic steel mill products, while certain downstream steel products will be removed from the system and the licensing requirements.

For those steel products already covered by the system, licensing will continue uninterrupted. For basic steel mill products not currently covered by the system, licenses will not be required until June 9, 2005. Licenses will continue to be required for downstream steel products that are to be removed from the system until June 9, 2005. A complete list of products and tariff numbers for which licenses will be required is included in the Federal Register Notice. The final rule is available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.

M.E. Dey will continue to obtain licenses on your behalf through the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce, as the import license number is required on the US Customs entry. There will be a nominal fee per steel entry.

A license application may contain multiple products if the importer, exporter, manufacturer and the country of origin and exportation are all the same. However, if any of the above information differs, separate license applications must be submitted.  Therefore, there could be more than one license per entry. There will be a nominal fee charged on our billing invoice per license(s) obtained for each entry summary.

China warns over textile tariffs

China says that it will scrap recently agreed plans to increase export tariffs on textiles should the European Union and US also impose quotas on imports.

Trade gap hits 6-month low
U.S. exports reach all-time high

The U.S. trade deficit fell sharply in March to the lowest level in six months as U.S. exports climbed to an all-time high and the surge of textile shipments from China slowed.

U.S. approves China textile curbs

The United States today agreed to limit imports of cotton shirts, cotton trousers, and both cotton and man-made fiber underwear made in China.

Reduced dumping tariffs open new U.S. markets to Chinese furniture...

International Credit Executives   INCOTERMS 2000 - July 27,2005

Location: Country Springs Hotel & Conference Center, Pewaukee, WI   Time: TBD, Lunch included

Topics included in this seminar will be Incoterms 2000 overview, revision changes, forwarder and carrier selection, and a special emphasis on Incoterms 2000 EXPORT and IMPORT clearance obligations! Watch for a full announcement soon!

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