India's Department of Commerce has posted its foreign trade data for September 2010. Among other things, the report states that India’s exports during September 2010 were 23.2% higher in dollar terms (17.2% higher in Rupee terms) than the level of the U.S. during September 2009.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of November 1, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The World Trade Organization announces that on October 28, 2010, the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures extended by another year — until the end of 2011 — the transition period for the elimination of certain export-subsidy programs of 19 developing countries. The beneficiary countries are the following: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Jordan, Mauritius, Panama, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Uruguay. Three export subsidy programs — one each from Belize, Fiji and Mauritius — have already been phased out.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of October 29, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
Xinhuanet.com reports thtat Russian presidential aide Arkadi Dvorkovich stated that the country has more than a 50 percent chance to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2011. The accession preparation will take from two to four months, after which the accession procedure is expected to begin for two or three months.
In the October 29, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The Government of Canada issued the following releases on October 29, 2010:
The Government of Canada issued the following releases on October 31, 2010:
The European Chemicals Agency reports that the Committee for Risk Assessment has adopted opinions on four proposals for harmonized classification and labeling across Europe. The opinions concern fuberidazole, TNPP (tris(nonylphenyl)phosphite), lucirin (Diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide) and acequinocyl. The final decision for harmonized classification and labeling will be made by the European Commission.
On October 28, 2010, a Chinese official said that the country would not use rare earths as a bargaining chip.