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Online Compliance Resources
"Informed compliance" depends upon both the government making information available to the public and the public accessing that information.
If you keep only one US government link, it should be to Usa.gov. This site was created by the US government to be the master link to federal, state, local, and tribal links: http://www.usa.gov/
The following is a list of links to various governmental entities:
US Customs (CBP) homepage:
http://www.cbp.gov/
World Customs Organization (WCO) website's links page in English:
http://www.wcoomd.org/otherlinks/?lid=1
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Homepage:
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Homepage:
http://www.bis.doc.gov/
Agriculture (USDA) homepage:
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Homepage:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
Food & Drug (FDA) Homepage:
http://www.fda.gov/
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Homepage:
http://www.fcc.gov/
Fish & Wildlife (FWS) Homepage:
http://www.fws.gov/
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES) Homepage:
http://www.cites.org/
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Homepage:
http://www.epa.gov/
Department of Commerce Webpage:
http://www.commerce.gov/
Department of Transportation (DOT):
http://www.dot.gov/new/index.htm
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB):
http://www.ttb.gov/
US Department of State (DOS):
http://www.state.gov/
US Department of Defense (DOD):
http://www.defenselink.mil/
Here are links to sites with information on various topics of interest:
CBP Informed Compliance Publications:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/legal/informed_compliance_pubs/
HTSUS (import tariff):
http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/
Schedule B (export tariff):
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/index.html
Customs Rulings search site (CROSS); an aid with classification and source of other information:
http://rulings.customs.gov/
US International Trade Commissions Harmonized Tariff (HTS) Online Reference Tool:
http://hts.usitc.gov/
Customs Intellectual Properties (IPR) search site:
http://iprs.cbp.gov/
Customs Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD) search site:
http://addcvd.cbp.gov/
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), link to all federal regulations:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA):
http://www.cpsc.gov/ABOUT/Cpsia/cpsia.html
Office of Textiles and Apparel, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce:
http://otexa.ita.doc.gov/DEFAULT.HTM
Importing vehicles and engines, EPA:
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/
Importing vehicles, DOT/NHTSA:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/
Importing & Exporting vehicles, CBP:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/basic_trade/importing_car.xml
& http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/basic_trade/export_docs/motor_vehicle.xml
Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis System Licensing System (SIMA) website:
http://www.ia.ita.doc.gov/steel/license/
(TSCA) Toxic Substance Control Act (EPA):
http://www.epa.gov/regulations/laws/tsca.html
Lacey Act (CBP & APHIS/USDA):
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/entry_summary/laws/food_energy/
amended_lacey_act/
& http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/lacey_act/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
http://www.cdc.gov/
International Travel Information (DOS):
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_1168.html
The Federal Register Main page:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
(CTPAT) Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CBP):
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/cargo_security/ctpat/
Copies of past CBP Customs Brokers exams with answer keys:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/broker/broker_exam/
exam_and_key_downloads/
There are many more websites and topics to explore in the ever-changing landscape of customs compliance, but this list should give readers a good idea on the diversity of the compliance information available to them online.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the Compliance eNewsletter,
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