Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
The Journal of Commerce Online reports that Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff stated at an August 16, 2007 COAC meeting that DHS could launch a trade data warehouse - a Global Trade Exchange - as a voluntary program, stating that people would want to be part of it as more information means better government targeting and fewer delays for participants. (JoC Online dated 08/16/07, www.joc.com )
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1. COAC Skeptical of DHS Trade Data Warehouse
2. CBP May Eliminate Detentions for Most Highly Compliant Textile and Apparel Importers
The United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel(USA-ITA) states that during an August 16, 2007 COAC meeting, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official announced an upcoming policy change in which entries by the most "highly compliant" importers of textile and apparel products, most likely those in good standing in the Importer Self Assessment (ISA) Program, would not be subject to detentions. (USA-ITA, dated 08/16/07, www.usaita.com )
3. EU Threatens to Create its Own Electronic Travel Authorization System for U.S. Visas
The Guardian reports that the European Union is threatening to impose "tit-for-tat" visa limits on all U.S. citizens traveling to Europe through creation of its own "electronic travel authorization" system similar to that recently written into U.S. law as part of the 9/11 Commission recommendations. (The Guardian, dated 08/08/07, available at http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,2143762,00.html)
4. Philippines Temporarily Suspends Poultry Imports from Virginia, Nebraska
The Foreign Agricultural Service has issued Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report announcing that on August 7, 2007, the Philippine Department of Agriculture issued Memorandum Order No. 12 temporarily suspending all importation of poultry and poultry products from Virginia and Nebraska due to a detection of the H5N1 and H7N9 low pathogenic avian influenza virus serotype, respectively. (GAIN Report RP7053, dated 08/08/07, available at http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200708/146291980.pdf)
5. State Department Determines Fatah al-Islam Poses Terrorism Risk
The State Department has issued a notice of its determination that the organization known as Fatah al-Islam has committed, or poses a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the U.S. (Public Notice 5893, FR Pub 08/15/07, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16086.pdf)
6. APHIS Committee on Animal and Poultry Diseases to Hold Public Meeting
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a notice that its Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases will meet on August 21, 2007 in Washington, DC to focus on the U.S. animal health emergency management system and on the foreign animal disease situation worldwide and its relevance to the U.S. (D/N APHIS-2007-0106, FR Pub 08/02/07, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-14987.pdf)
7. FMC Lists OTI Applications
Code Legend according to releases: D - Distributor, I - Importer, M - Manufacturer, N/A - Not Applicable, R - Retailer, W - Wholesaler, A - Agent. |