CUSTOMS & INTERNATIONAL TRADE

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.

ABC's of Prior Disclosure -  04/04 pdf - 330 KB. - Accreditation of Laboratories and Gaugers - (49/99, Revised 3/2000) Reprinted in 34 Customs Bulletin No.25, June 21,  2000 pdf - 250 KB. - The African Growth and Opportunity Act - 08/03 pdf - 304 KB. - Agriculture Actual Use Provision -  03/22/2006 pdf - 133 KB. - Apparel Terminology Under the HTSUS - 07/06/06 pdf - 158 KB. - Articles of Wax, Artificial Stone and Jewelry - 04/06/2006 pdf - 71 KB. - Base Metal Mountings and Fittings -  06/09/2006 pdf - 174 KB. - Basic Forms of Non-Ferrous Metals -  03/09/2006 pdf - 105 KB. - Beauty and Skin Care Products of Heading 3304   - 07/12/2006    pdf - 115 KB. - Bona Fide Sales & Sales for Exportation to the United States - 08/05 pdf - 119 KB. - Button, Snap Fasteners, Slide Fasteners and Similar Articles - 3/2006 pdf - 70 KB. - Buying & Selling Commissions -  6/96, Revised 1/2000 Reprinted in 30/31 Customs Bulletin No.50/1, January 2, 1997 Reprinted in 34 Customs Bulletin No.25, June 21, 2000 pdf - 156 KB. - Cane and Beet Sugar (Quota, Classification & Entry) - 03/04 pdf - 324 KB. - Caviar - 06/06 pdf - 102 KB. - Classification of Children's Apparel - 06/06 pdf - 99 KB. - Classification of Flat Panel Displays - 03/08/2006 The ICP for Flat Panel Displays has been removed. - Classification of Hats and Other Headgear Under HTSUS Heading  6505 - 06/06 pdf - 106 KB. - Classification of Knit to Shape Apparel Garments Under HTSUS Heading 6110 - 07/06/2006 pdf - 934 KB. - Classification of Marble - 03/08/2006 The ICP titled "Classification of Marble" has been removed. A new ICP will be drafted at a later date to reflect changes as a result of recent court decisions. - Classification and Marking of Watches and Clocks - 03/08/2006 pdf - 87 KB. - Classification of Molds and Their Parts Under the HTSUS - 05/10/2006 pdf - 148 KB. - Classification of Sets -  03/04 pdf - 299 KB. - Coated Nonalloy Flat-Rolled Steel -  03/09/2006 pdf - 108 KB. - Colored Bubble Glass (and Other Special Types of Glassware) - 04/06/2006 pdf - 911 KB. - Country of Origin of Knit to Shape Apparel Products - 05/09/2006 pdf - 636 KB. - Customs Administrative Enforcement Process: Fines, Penalties,  Forfeitures and Liquidated Damages -  02/04 For Accessibility Information contact: orr.contact@dhs.gov. pdf - 656 KB. - Customs Brokers -  1/2005 pdf - 361 KB. - Customs  Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights -  03/08/2006 CBP has determined to remove the informed publication covering IPR from this site until further  notice. - Customs Value - 7/17/2006 pdf - 106 KB. - Customs Valuation Encyclopedia (1980 - 2003) - 06/04 Available for sale through the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office - pdf - 2,604 KB. Decals, Decorative Stickers and Window Clings - 01/24/2007 pdf - 252 KB. - Decorative Glassware -  01/04 pdf - 753 KB. - Diodes, Transistors & Similar Semiconductor Devices - 03/22/2006 pdf - 252 KB. - Distinguishing Bolts from Screws -  3/2006 pdf - 187 KB. - Drawback - 12/04 pdf - 439 KB. - Entry - 03/04 pdf - 280 KB. - Fiber Trade Names & Generic Terms - 06/06 pdf - 142 KB. - Fibers & Yarns Construction and Classification Under the  HTSUS - 07/06/2006 pdf - 303 KB. - Footwear -  04/06/2006 pdf - 173 KB. - Foreign Assembly of U.S. Components -  04/11/2006 pdf - 119 KB. - Gaskets - 01/06 pdf - 122 KB. - Gloves, Mittens & Mitts, Not Knitted or Crocheted Under the  HTSUS - 07/06/2006 pdf - 105 KB. - Granite -  04/06/2006 pdf - 116 KB. - Hand Tool Sets Classified Within Subheadings 8205.90.00 and 8206.00.00 - 05/10/2006 pdf - 75 KB. - Household Articles of Base Metal -  03/22/2006 pdf - 134 KB. - Importation of Commercial Samples -  10/03 pdf - 206 KB. - Internal Combustion Piston Engines -  03/22/2006 pdf - 223 KB. - Lamps, Lighting and Candle Holders -  05/05 pdf - 145 KB. - Machine Tools -  03/22/2006 pdf - 313 KB. - Marking Requirements for Wearing Apparel - 07/06/2006 pdf - 91 KB. - Mitigation Guidelines: Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures and  Liquidated Damages - 02/04 For Accessibility Information contact: orr.contact@dhs.gov. pdf - 2,658 KB. - Mushrooms - 03/04 For Accessibility Information: orr.contact@dhs.gov pdf - 280 KB. - New Decisions on Candle Holders v. Decorative Glass  Articles - 04/06/2006 pdf - 696 KB. - NAFTA Country of Origin Rules for Monumental & Building  Stone - 12/99 Reprinted in 33 Customs Bulletin No.51, December 22, 1999 pdf - 175 KB. - NAFTA Eligibility and Building Stone - 3/98, Revised 12/98 Reprinted in 32 Customs Bulletin No.51, December 23, 1998 pdf - 61 KB. - NAFTA for Textiles & Textile Articles - 07/06/2006 pdf - 193 KB. - Peanuts and their Classification under the HTSUS - 06/06 pdf - 113 KB. - Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and Electronic Organizers - 03/08/2006 pdf - 105 KB. - Proper Deductions for Freight & Other Costs - 3/2000 Reprinted in 34  Customs Bulletin No.25, June 21, 2000 pdf - 178 KB. - Raw Cotton: Tarif Classification and Import Quotas - 07/06/2006 pdf - 101 KB. - Reasonable Care -  02/04 pdf - 302 KB. - Recordkeeping -  01/2005 pdf - 204 KB. - Ribbons & Trimmings -  06/06 pdf - 107 KB. - Rules of Origin -  05/04 pdf - 446 KB. - Soldering and Welding Machines and Apparatus - 03/22/2006 pdf - 143 KB. - Stranded Wire, Rope and Cable, of Iron or Steel - 05/10/2006 pdf - 798 KB. - Table and Kitchen Glassware -  04/06/2006 pdf - 871 KB. - Tableware, Kitchenware, Other Household Articles and Toilet  Articles of Plastics - 01/04 pdf - 307 KB. - Tariff Classification -  05/04 pdf - 618 KB. - Textile & Apparel Rules of Origin - 04/04 pdf - 321 KB. - Textile Costumes Under the HTSUS -  06/06 pdf - 131 KB. - Tractors (HTSUS 8701) vs. Heavy Industrial Machinery (HTSUS 8429  & 8430) - 03/22/2006 pdf - 160 KB. - Turbojets, Turbopropellers and Other Gas Turbines, (HTSUS 8411) and Parts Thereof - 03/22/2006 pdf - 89 KB. - Vehicles, Parts and Accessories -  04/12/2006 pdf - 127 KB. - Vending Machines and Their Parts Under the HTSUS - 03/22/2006 pdf - 149 KB. - Wadding, Gauze, Bandages & Similar Articles (HTSUS 3005) - 01/04 For  Accessibility Information: orr.contact@dhs.gov pdf - 339 KB. - Waste & Scrap as it Relates to Base Metals of Chapter  81 - 03/09/2006 pdf - 69 KB. - Works of Art, Collector's Pieces, Antiques, and Other Cultural Property - 05/06 pdf - 156 KB. - Writing Instruments of Heading 9609 HTSUS - 04/06/2006 For  Accessibility Information: orr.contact@dhs.gov pdf - 82 KB.