The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for July 18:
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) will remove certain ring spun single yarns of micro modal fibers from the list of items not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner under Annex 3.25 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (CAFTA-DR). In June, Buhler Quality Yarns requested that CITA make a determination as to the commercial availability of the yarns, said the notice. CITA solicited input on a request for removal and it received no filings in opposition, said the notice. The effective date is 180 days after publication of the notice in the Federal Register, i.e., Jan. 14.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for July 16:
The Commerce Department announced in recent days the launch of an International Trade Administration (ITA) Trade Developer Portal, a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) that allows software specialists to create applications using information produced by the ITA and other trade agencies. The portal is part of a broader effort to make trade information more available to the private sector in order to fuel economic growth, said Commerce. The portal currently publishes information about trade events, market research, trade leads, locations of domestic and international export assistance centers, and trade news and articles. “Over the next few months, we plan to add APIs around business opportunities, tariff information for goods and services covered under Free Trade Agreements, and frequent questions asked by exporters,” said Commerce. “We are continuously adding and enriching data sets with the long-term goal of sharing all publicly disseminated information produced by ITA and other trade promotion agencies.”
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for July 15:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for July 10:
The Port of Moses Lake Public Corporation has applied to expand the area served by Foreign-Trade Zone 203, said a notice from the FTZ Board. The zone currently has a service area that includes Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln and Walla Walla Counties, as well as parts of Okanogan and Yakima Counties, Washington. Under the expansion, it would also cover Adams County, Washington. If approved, the zone’s grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the expanded service area based on companies’ needs for FTZ designation, said the FTZB. Comments are due Sept. 8.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security is recruiting eligible industry candidates to serve on the Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee. The committee seeks to advise BIS on emerging technologies and research and development activities that BIS may be interested in, the impact of Export Administration Regulations on research activities and BIS technology controls. The positions serve terms of not more than four consecutive years. BIS will accept applications until July 10, 2015.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for July 8:
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) renewed for 180 days a January order to temporarily deny several entities export privileges. BIS denied export privileges on Jan. 3 for 3K Aviation Consulting & Logistics (Antalya, Turkey), Adaero International Trade, LLC (Rockford, Ill.), Pouya Airline (Tehran, Iran), Huseyin Engin Borluca (Antalya, Turkey) and Recep Sadettin Ilgin (Rockford, Ill.) (see 14010605). The agency later added Evans Meridians Ltd. (British Virgin Islands) to the order (see 14020514). BIS said the extension is necessary to prevent imminent violations of the Export Administration Regulations.