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Informed Compliance Publications
CBP has a number of Informed Compliance Publications (ICPs) in the "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: ..." series. As of the date of this posting, the subjects listed are available for reading or downloading. The first date shown is the original publication date. The subsequent dates, if any, show the revisions.
Additionally, CBP publishes several Directives and Handbooks, which provide guidance to the public on a variety of trade-related matters.
Available ICP downloads:
African Growth and Opportunity Act AGOA
Agricultural Actual Use Provisions
Articles of Wax, Artificial Stone and Jewelry
Base Metal Mountings and Fittings
Basic Forms of Non-Ferrous Metals
Beauty and Skin Care Products of Heading 3304
Bona Fide Sales & Sales for Exportation to the United States
Button, Snap Fasteners, Slide Fasteners and Similar Articles
Cane and Beet Sugar (Quota, Classification & Entry)
CBP Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Classification: Apparel Terminology under the HTSUS
Classification and Entry Requirements of Alcoholic Beverages and Spirits
Classification of Children's Apparel
Classification of Coated and Water Resistant Apparel
Classification and Quota Status of Raw Cotton
Classification of Cooking Ranges, Stoves and Ovens
Classification of Flat Panel Displays
Classification of Hats and Other Headgear under HTSUS Heading 6505
Classification of Knit to Shape Apparel Garments under HTSUS Heading 6110
Classification of Molds and Their Parts
Classification and Marking of Pipe Fittings under Heading 7307
Classification of Ribbons & Trimmings
Classification of Textile Costumes
Classification and Marking of Watches and Clocks
Coated Non-alloy Flat-Rolled Steel
Colored Bubble Glass (and Other Special Types of Glassware)
Country of Origin of Knit to Shape Apparel Products
Customs Administrative Enforcement Process: Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures and Liquidated Damages
Customs Valuation Encyclopedia (1980 - 2015)
Cutlery of Headings 8211 Through 8215 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
Decals, Decorative Stickers and Window Clings
Determining the Acceptability of Transaction Value for Related Party Transactions
Diodes, Transistors & Similar Semiconductor Devices
Distinguishing Bolts from Screws
Fiber Trade Names & Generic Terms
Fibers & Yarns Construction and Classification Under the HTSUS
Foreign Assembly of U.S. Components
Gloves, Mittens & Mitts, Not Knitted or Crocheted, Under the HTSUS
Hand Tool Sets Classified Within Subheadings 8205.90.00 and 8206.00.00
Household Articles of Base Metal
Importation of Commercial Samples
Instruments of International Traffic
Internal Combustion Piston Engines
Marking Requirements for Wearing Apparel
Mitigation Guidelines: Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures and Liquidated Damages
New Decisions on Candle Holders v. Decorative Glass Articles
NAFTA Country of Origin Rules for Monumental & Building Stone
NAFTA Eligibility and Building Stone
NAFTA for Textiles & Textile Articles
Peanuts and their Classification under the HTSUS
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and Electronic Organizers
Proper Deductions for Freight & Other Costs
Soldering and Welding Machines and Apparatus
Stranded Wire, Rope and Cable of Iron or Steel
Tableware, Kitchenware, Other Household Articles and toilet Articles of Plastics
Terminology and Methods for Marking of Country of Origin on U.S. Imports
Textile & Apparel Rules of Origin
Tractors of Heading 8701 vs. Heavy Industrial Machinery of Headings 8429 and 8430
Turbojets, Turbopropellers and Other Gas Turbines, and Parts Thereof of Heading 8411
U.S. Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rulings Program
Vehicles, Parts and Accessories
Vending Machines and Parts Thereof
Wadding, Gauze, Bandages and Similar Articles of Heading 3005
Waste & Scrap as it Relates to Base Metals of Chapter 81
Works of Art, Collector's Pieces, Antiques, and Other Cultural Property