The United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission has set new limits for the amount of melamine allowed in baby formula, other foods, and animal feed without causing health problems.
China's Ministry of Commerce reports that benefiting from the full completion of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA), bilateral trade between China and ASEAN in the first half of this year grew 54.7% while the average growth of Chinese foreign trade in the same period was 43.1%.
The Canada Border Services Agency has concluded, effective July 16, 2010, a re-investigation to adjust the antidumping normal values for certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate, carbon steel plate, and high-strength low-alloy plate, variously, originating in or exported from China, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania and Ukraine. A complete response was only submitted by Azovstal and the Metinvest Group of Companies (Azovstal) from Ukraine. As a result, Azovstal has been provided with updated normal values. Normal values for all other exporters will be based on the export price of the goods advanced by 80.2% (China), 74.6% (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, and Romania), and 21.3% Ukraine.
GOV.cn reports that the People's Bank of China , or the central bank, and Hong Kong's renminbi clearing bank, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, on July 19, 2010 signed a revised Settlement Agreement on the Clearing of Renminbi Businesses in Hong Kong. As a result of the agreement, "there will no longer be restrictions on banks in Hong Kong in establishing renminbi accounts for and providing related services to financial institutions; and individuals and corporations will be able to conduct renminbi payments and transfers through the banks."
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada has posted the 2010 Tariff Preference Level Holders List for Exports to the United States for:
In the July 17, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
In the July 16, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The Canada Border Services Agency revised Memorandum D15-2-49 on July 16, 2010, to reflect the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s January 2010 decisions continuing the countervailing and antidumping duty orders for certain carbon steel fasteners originating in or exported from China and Chinese Taipei and rescinding them for certain stainless steel fasteners originating in or exported from Chinese Taipei.
The European Chemicals Agency is seeking comments by August 22, 2010 on the harmonized classification and labeling of 4-tert-Butylbenzoic acid and by August 5, 2010 for Leucomalachite Green. The comment request is part of the EU Regulation on Classification, Labeling and Packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP Regulation), which allows individual EU Member States and industry to propose harmonized classification and labeling of substances (e.g. as mutagenic, carcinogenic, etc.).