The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has announced the conclusion of the 2010 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting that was held in Sapporo, Japan on June 5-6, 2010.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has announced that it will be holding its Annual Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy on August 31 - September 2, 2010 in Washington, DC.
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.” The data listed below is current as of June 4, 2010.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services Lamb-Hale highlighted the importance of supply chain efficiency in supporting the President’s National Export Initiative at the June 4, 2010 opening of a new cement plant in Bloomsdale, Mo., which will make the material needed to build the roads, buildings, and other structures that will make the U.S. productive.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has released a draft document1 on U.S. positions for the 33rd session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC or Codex)2 in Switzerland in July 2010. The document was discussed during FSIS’ June 8, 2010 public meeting seeking comment on the draft U.S. positions.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted a report entitled "End-Use Monitoring of Defense Articles and Defense Services Commercial Exports FY 2008," which describes actions taken by the Department of State during fiscal year 2008 to implement the “Blue Lantern” end-use monitoring program.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of drill pipe from China.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has posted notice to the motor carrier industry and the public of regulatory guidance and policy changes regarding the retention of supporting documents and the use of electronic mobile communication/tracking technology in assessing motor carriers’ and commercial motor vehicle drivers’ compliance with the hours of service regulations. According to FMCSA, this change in policy will take effect 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register. Written comments are due by July 9, 2010.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has updated its guidance on supporting documentation for DSP-73 (temporary export) and DSP-61 (temporary import) license applications, in order to remove paper transmittal letter instructions, as all license applications must now be submitted electronically via D-Trade2.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain steel grating from China.