U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a May 7 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.
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Timothy Warren is Executive Managing Editor of Communications Daily. He previously led the International Trade Today editorial team from the time it was purchased by Warren Communications News in 2012 through the launch of Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. Tim is a 2005 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids.
Direct Resource Inc. has agreed to pay the government $450,000 to resolve allegations that the company falsely claimed payment in violation of the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), which prohibits the sale of products to federal agencies from countries that do not have a reciprocal trade agreement with the United States, the Justice Department said May 8, 2012.
Meredith Broadbent, nominee for commissioner on the International Trade Commission, pointed to her past experience in Congress and as a negotiator at the USTR as qualifications to serve as commissioner in testimony before the Senate Finance Committee May 8, 3012. Broadbent is nominated for a term on the ITC expiring June 16, 2017.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of May 7.
The Obama Administration voiced concern with H.R. 5326, the 2013 Commerce, Justice, and Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for reducing funding levels for several agencies, some of which are trade-related. If the President were presented with H.R. 5326, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill, a press release said.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued the May Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL). The ICSSL is published monthly for the information and use by food control officers, the seafood industry and other interested persons. The shippers listed have been certified by regulatory authorities in the United States, Canada, Chile, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand under the uniform sanitation requirements of the National Shellfish Program.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled from May 7-11, 2012:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the European Union (EU) reached a Mutual Recognition (MR) Decision between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and the EU’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program May 4, 2012. An EU press release said the mutual recognition would begin July 1, 2012.
House Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank, lawmakers said May 4. The bipartisan legislation would increase the bank's lending limit to $140 billion by 2014. The House is expected to vote on the bill this week. The text of the legislation is (here).