The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 20:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 18:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 17:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 14:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 11:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 10:
The Justice Department is expected “imminently” to deliver a legal opinion advising the Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General on whether it can access business propriety information (BPI) when conducting audits of the International Trade Administration, said Commerce’s Acting Inspector General David Smith in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Aug. 5. Both the ITA and Commerce’s Office of General Counsel previously warned that access to BPI, which is confidential information, may violate the Tariff Act of 1930 and subject Commerce to “criminal litigation and penalties,” said Smith (here).
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 7:
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security denied Peter Gromacki export privileges for ten years after a U.S. district court convicted Gromacki of illegally exporting T700 carbon fiber, which is controlled by the Export Administration Regulations, to China without a BIS license (here). The agency is also denying export privileges for JEN Fibers and Performance Engineered, two companies owned and operated by Gromacki. The district court convicted Gromacki in 2013, and his denial will expire in 2023. Gromacki received a sentence of three months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, a $300 assessment and a $5,000 criminal fine. BIS is giving Gromacki 45 days to appeal the denial order.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 6: