Mexico's Diario Oficial of September 7, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
In the September 8, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
European Parliament's amendments to safeguard measures in the EU's new free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea were informally approved on September 7, 2010, but the final vote has been postponed until October. By applying the safeguard measures, the EU could suspend further reductions in customs duties or increase them to previous levels, if lower rates were to lead to an excessive increase in imports from South Korea, causing or threatening to cause "serious injury" to EU producers.
The European Chemicals Agency and the European Semiconductor Industry Association have together developed three practical examples of Exposure Scenario documents. The examples illustrate what the exposure scenarios, which are part of the Chemical Safety Reports, of suppliers of chemical substances sold to the semiconductor industry could look like. The project demonstrated that the exchange of information between substance manufacturers and downstream users facilitates a common understanding of the conditions of safe use, and hence is the key for a good exposure scenario.
India's Department of Commerce is allowing the export of up to 55 "lakh bales" of cotton from October 1, 2010 during 2010-11. According to the Secretary of Commerce, the approximate cotton production in the country during 2010-11 is likely to be 325 lakh bales. The Secretary added that the Office of the Textile Commissioner will put in place a system for online registration for export of cotton by September 15, 2010.
China's press agency Xinhuanet reports that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) will urge industrial enterprises to produce high-quality products as part of the effort to enhance the image of "made in China. The Ministry would also draw up a blacklist displaying the names of those firms breaching quality-related regulations, said Li Yizhong, Minister of the MIIT.
China's Ministry of Commerce reports that China needs to raise the proportion of Chinese brands in its exports, to improve the nation's trade quality and efficiency. Chinese brands make up less than 10 percent of China's exports, said Fu Shuangjian, deputy director at the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), at the 2010 China Trademark Annual Meeting, which kicked off September 1, 2010. The official noted that excluding overseas invested companies, less than 20 percent of Chinese exporters have registered trademarks in China, while less than 5 percent have registered trademarks abroad, said Fu.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of September 3, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The World Trade Organization reports that the value of world merchandise trade rose around 25% in the first six months of 2010 up strongly from the same period of 2009. This surge in trade growth marks a continuation of the trend begun in the first quarter of the year, according to WTO figures released on September 1, 2010.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of September 2, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows: