Last October, a three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade held the Harbor Maintenance Fee assessed on exports from the United States is unconstitutional. The Government appealed the decision. If any of you did not receive a news bulletin on the Harbor Maintenance Fee, we have a few copies remaining. Please give us a call or send an email and we will send you one. The proposed section expands the number of parties to include carriers, cartmen, bonded warehouses, free trade zone operators, and drawback claimants.
Drawbacks records even longer.
The list of documents that must be kept are commonly referred to as the A1A list. If any of you want a copy of this list, please call or send an email . A declaratory action was sought by the surety to compel the FMC to assume responsibility for administering the claims. The case was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because the surety did not pursue and exhaust administrative remedies. The surety could have asked the FMC to promulgate a rule regarding the administration of claims.