The Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office of Antiboycott Compliance issued a warning letter March 7 to a Colorado company, for failing to report a request to engage in a boycott of Israel. According to the letter, Particle Measuring Systems, Inc., made a sale and/or transfer of goods from the U.S. to Bangladesh in 2009 and 2010. The company received letters of credit from the Standard Chartered Bank of Bangladesh which read, in part: “Shipment/transshipment of goods from Israel or in the flag vessels of that country is not allowed.” The Export Administration Regulations require U.S. entities to report such requests to the Department of Commerce. Particle Measuring Systems failed to report, the letter said.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements added certain cotton corduroy fabric to the list of items not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner under Annex 3-B of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) Implementation Act. The fabric, which is classified in subheadings 5801.22.1000 and 5801.22.9000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, was added in unrestricted quantities. Effective March 27, this cotton corduroy fabric may be sourced from outside the CTPA member countries without affecting eligibility for CTPA treatment.
The Census Bureau's Automated Export System, AESDirect, is experiencing an unscheduled outage, the Bureau said March 24. AESDirect filers can submit shipments under the AES Downtime Policy. State Department licensable shipments cannot be exported under that policy, however, and must be held until the connection is restored and an Internal Transaction Number is received, Census said. AESPcLink users can continue creating and storing shipments in a queue on their local computer for transmission when AESDirect is brought back online.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements added a certain three-thread fleece fabric with soft hand pigment to 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). The fabric, which is classified in subheading 6001.21 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, was added in unrestricted quantities. Effective March 25, this three-thread fleece fabric with soft hand pigment may be sourced from outside the DR-CAFTA member countries without affecting eligibility for DR-CAFTA treatment.
The Census Bureau has deleted some Port of Export codes in the Automated Export System. The changes are effective immediately, according to an AES broadcast, and all AESPcLink users should update their AES code tables. Users of AESDirect who file via the website will have their code tables updated automatically. The deleted Port of Export codes are:
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements added a certain piece dyed three-thread fleece fabric to 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). The fabric, which is classified in subheading 6001.21 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, was added in unrestricted quantities. Effective March 22, this certain piece dyed three-thread fleece fabric may be sourced from outside the DR-CAFTA member countries without destroying eligibility for DR-CAFTA treatment.
The Census Bureau sent out AES Broadcast #2013019 as part of a series of monthly educational broadcast messages on fatal errors in the Automated Export System. This month Census is highlighting AES error codes 077 (Commodity Line Item Missing) and 641 (Quantity 1 Must Be Greater Than Zero). The broadcast covers the reasons for these error messages and how to resolve them, as follows: