The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Feb. 3:
The Commerce Department scheduled a meeting of the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee on Feb. 27 in Washington, D.C. The portion of the meeting open to the public will take place from 3-4 p.m. (EST). During the meeting, the committee will hear an update on Commerce's Civil Nuclear Trade Initiative, discuss civil nuclear trade promotion activities, and hear public comments. Public seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public who wish to attend must pre-register by Feb. 23 for clearance into the building.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Jan. 31:
The Board of County Commissioners of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, has submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 197 under the Alternative Site Framework, said the FTZ Board in a Federal Register notice. Under the reorganization, the service area would cover Dona Ana County, New Mexico, which sits on the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso. ASF streamlines processes for designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within the service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on the application are due by April 1.
The Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) renewed a July 31, 2013 export privileges denial order for Mahan Airways, Zarand Aviation, Gatewick, Pejman Mahmood Kosarayanifard, Mahmoud Amini, Kerman Aviation, Sirjanco Trading, Ali Eslamian, Mahan Air General Trading, Skyco (UK), Equipco (UK), and Mehdi Bahrami. The order is the result of Export Administration Regulations (EAR) violations and seeks to prevent imminent, reoccurring EAR violations. The order is effective immediately and will remain in effect for 180 days following its Jan. 24 issuance.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Jan. 29:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Jan. 28:
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to harmonize citations, nomenclature and procedures with revisions made to the Census Bureau’s Foreign Trade Regulations. The final rule, an “editorial clean-up of references,” does not substantially change the EAR, said BIS. It replaces all EAR usage of “Shipper’s Export Declaration” with “Electronic Export Information,” a term introduced in FTR rules published in June 2008 and March 2013. The March 2013 rule is slated to take effect April 5, following a several month postponement (see 13110811).
The Commerce Department announced it will lead a trade mission June 8-12 to the Caribbean in conjunction with the Trade Americas conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Participants will attend Trade Americas on June 9, and will then participate in one-on-one consultations with U.S. Foreign Commercial Service officers and business-to-business meetings in the Dominican Republic. A limited number of participants will then travel for business-to-business appointments in one of either the Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, or Trinidad and Tobago. Although the mission is open to U.S. companies from a cross section of industries, it is focused on “best prospects” sectors like construction equipment and road building machinery, medical equipment and devices/pharmaceuticals, information and communication technology, energy equipment and services, and safety and security equipment. Applications are due by April 4.
The Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness is set to meet Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Washington, D.C., said the Commerce Department. At the meeting, committee members will discuss trade and competitiveness, freight movement and policy, information technology and data requirements, regulatory issues, and finance and infrastructure. The meeting will be open to the public, although space is limited. Comments should be submitted by Feb. 10 to ensure consideration during the meeting.