The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Jan. 21:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Jan. 14:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Jan. 9:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Jan. 8:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Dec. 31:
The Obama administration is committed to opening the Chinese private marketplace for U.S. high-tech products, said the Commerce Department in a Dec. 29 briefing on the outcomes of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade. The briefing touted intellectual property protection gains and plans for more improvement, among a long list of other achievements. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman joined Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker to praise progress at the JCCT after the event wrapped up on Dec. 18 (see 1412190020).
The Bureau of Industry and Security waived the remainder of an export ban it handed down in 2007 to Maine-based Fiber Materials (here). The ban on export privileges for the company was set to expire on Nov. 18, 2015. In 2005, a U.S. District Court of Massachusetts convicted Fiber Materials of unlawfully exporting “to India a component, accessory and controls for a hot isostatic press,” BIS said in its waiver, dated Dec. 19. The waiver also lifts export restrictions for all individuals or entities acting on behalf of Fiber Material or its personnel. BIS, however, in recent days put the company on the Denied Persons List, and this waiver makes no mention of the status of Fiber Materials on that list (see 1412230014).
The Bureau of Industry and Security denied export privileges for ten years (from the date of respective convictions) for the following individuals:
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security corrected and clarified more than a dozen amendments to the Export Administration Regulations from 2007 through 2014 (here). The changes made here are only technical, and will not have a significant impact on industry, said BIS.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements added in unrestricted quantities a 100% polyester composite laminated fabric to Annex 3.25 of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) for items not commercially available, it said in a notice (here). VF Corp. requested the addition in November for its fabric, which consists of three layers, with a woven face and knit fleece backing, bonded with an air, wind and water-proof polyurethane (PU) membrane, and is classifiable under HTS subheading 6001.22 (see 1411240021). Under short supply provisions of CAFTA, fibers, yarns, and fabrics that are not available in commercial quantities from suppliers in the U.S. may be placed on the short supply list in Annex 3.25. A textile or apparel good imported into the U.S. containing fibers, yarns, or fabrics that are included on the list in Annex 3.25 is treated as if it is an originating good, regardless of the actual origin of those inputs.