On June 10, 2010, the Commerce Department's Census and Economic Analysis Bureaus released its April 2010 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report, which showed that U.S. exports in April 2010 decreased by 0.7 percent to $148.8 billion from their March 2010 level. Imports in April decreased 0.4 percent over March to $189.1 billion.
The Commerce Department states that senior Commerce officials and more than 400 companies from the U.S, Haiti and the Dominican Republic attended the “Building a New Haiti: Commerce, Business, Investment” conference in Montrouis on June 10, 2010 -- the first meeting to bring companies from all three countries together since the January 12 earthquake.
The Department of Justice has issued a press release announcing that AU Optronics Corporation, the largest Taiwanese thin-film transistor-liquid crystal display panels (TFT-LCD) producer and seller, its Houston-based American subsidiary, and certain executives have been indicted for participating in a LCD price-fixing conspiracy.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a notice that lists those applying for ocean transportation intermediary licenses as a non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC), ocean freight forwarder (FF) or NVOCC/FF OTI, as follows:
The Defense Department has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a proposed rule, FAR Case 2009-041, Sudan Waiver Process.