The Bureau of Industry and Security announces that the Materials Technical Advisory Committee will hold a partially open meeting on February 10, 2011. The agenda for the open session includes a presentation on the High Performance Fiber Council, a report by the Composite Working Group and Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) Review Subgroup. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first serve basis. Requests are due by February 3, 2011.
Export.gov has announced a series of trade missions that are scheduled for February through May 2011.
According to a January 19, 2011 Census Automated Export System broadcast, effective immediately, the Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) tables in AES have been updated to accept the changes to the 2011 codes.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has updated the list of approved foreign persons for Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) exports to U.S. allies under 22 CFR 123.27. Only foreign persons exclusively within the countries that comprise NATO and Major Non-NATO Allies are eligible for entry onto this list. Foreign persons can be added to this list by General Correspondence (GC) request to DDTC from satellite manufacturers only.
The Census Bureau has issued an Automated Export System broadcast announcing that an AES Compliance Seminar along with AESPcLink workshops will be held in Baltimore, Maryland on February 8-9, 2011.
The Census Bureau has issued an Automated Export System broadcast reminder regarding the Electronic Export Information (EEI) filing requirements of the Port of Unlading data element in AES.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has recently posted three reports to its Web site, one of which extends export controls maintained for foreign policy purposes for another year. The other two reports are (i) an annual summary of BIS activities and (ii) data on the impact of offsets in defense trade.
The State Department has forwarded 14 notifications of proposed export licenses to Congress pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, which include certifications of proposed licenses, manufacturing license agreements, and technical assistance agreements for the export of defense articles.
Census has posted the January 2011 issue of its TradeSource export promotion publication.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective January 18, 2011, which adds CSMC Technologies Corporation and its facilities to its list of validated end-users in China, and revises the VEU authorization for Advanced Micro Devices China, Inc. (AMD) by amending the list of buildings and updating the description of items eligible for export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) to its approved facilities.