Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
President Bush has issued notice that he is continuing for another year the national emergency blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting the exportation or reexportation of certain goods to Syria. (See ITT's Online Archives or 05/13/04 news, 04051305, for BP summary of the executive order imposing export and other sanctions on Syria.) (White House notice, FR Pub 05/10/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-4422.pdf)
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1. President Continues National Emergency, Sanctions Against Syria
2. CPSC Announces Provisional Settlement Agreement with West Bend Housewares, LLC
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a notice announcing that it has provisionally accepted a settlement agreement with West Bend Housewares, LLC, which contains a $100,000 civil penalty. This penalty is in connection to alleged faulty coffeemakers and replacement carafes manufactured and sold nationwide by West Bend. (CPSC D/N 06-C0003, FR Pub 05/08/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-4291.pdf)
3. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Actions
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board (FTZB) has issued the following notices of recent FTZB actions:
| FTZ applicant/grantee | Company/action |
|---|---|
| State of Hawaii (FTZ 9) | An application has been submitted to request authority to expand FTZ 9 to include a site in Kailua-Kona on the Island of Hawaii. |
| Quad-City Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc. (FTZ Subzone 133A) | Grant of request for voluntary termination of Subzone 133A. |
| Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company (FTZ Subzone 61F) | Grant of request for voluntary termination of Subzone 61F. |
| Northeast Ohio Trade & Economic Consortium (FTZ 181) | Amendment to application for expansion of FTZ 181. The amendment deletes a proposed transfer of a parcel of land within the Cuyahoga Falls Industrial Park and instead leaves the 12 acres in the northwestern and central portions of the Park as part of the zone. The application otherwise remains unchanged. |
| City of Battle Creek (FTZ 43) | Submission of application requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing and warehousing facilities of Pfizer Inc., located in Kalamazoo, MI. |
| Port Authority of the Greater Oklahoma City Area, (FTZ 106) | Submission of application requesting authority to expand FTZ 106 within and adjacent to the Oklahoma City Customs port of entry. |
(FTZ 9, FR Pub 02/24/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-2672.pdf)
(FTZ Subzone 133A, FR Pub 02/24/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-2670.pdf)
(FTZ Subzone 61F, FR Pub 02/24/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-2669.pdf)
(FTZ 181, FR Pub 02/02/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-1417.pdf)
(FTZ 43, FR Pub 01/12/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-237.pdf)
(FTZ 106, FR Pub 02/09/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-1224.pdf)