Export.gov reports that Stolle Machinery of Centennial, Colo., will be able to grow its business and sustain 230 jobs at its plants in Centennial and Englewood by selling $34 million of aluminum/steel can-making equipment to Saudi Arabia, backed by a direct loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
The Office of Textiles and Apparel has posted to its website monthly reports containing official April 2010 trade data from the Census Department for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its list of meetings between CPSC and industry stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated:
The Government Accountability Office has issued a statement for the record (GAO-10-651T) to a Senate Committee regarding the Secure Border Initiative. The GAO states that the Department of Homeland Security has faced numerous challenges deploying technology and fencing along the Southwest border.
On his second day in Hanoi, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Marantis conducted intensive discussions with Vietnamese government officials on a wide range of regional and bilateral issues. Ambassador Marantis also met with Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang. They discussed their goals for the second round of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, to be held in San Francisco during the week of June 15, and how to develop it into a high-standard, 21st century regional trade agreement. He also underscored important bilateral issues affecting industrial goods, agricultural goods, and intellectual property.
Special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, working with an investigator for the NHL and other professional sports leagues, have investigated 14 vendors and seized over 900 counterfeit Stanley Cup NHL hats, t-shirts and jerseys worth approximately $58,450.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of fresh and chilled Atlantic Salmon from Norway.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that wire decking from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of wire decking from China.
On June 7, 2010, APHIS updated its Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Animal Product Manual. This Manual provides the background, procedures, and regulatory actions to enforce the regulations governing the import and export of animals, animal products, and animal by-products.