The Farm Service Agency issued a notice specifying the fee schedule, effective April 4, 2012, for the new Export Food Aid Commodities (EFAC) licensing agreement offered by the FSA under the U.S. Warehouse Act (USWA). Agricultural products that may be stored under an EFAC licensing agreement include, but are not limited to, corn soy blend, vegetable oil, and pulses such as peas, beans, and lentils.
Brian Feito
Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports that Collier Bennett Harper of Lakewood, CA, is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court Monday morning following his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents for importing more than 1,000 counterfeit Microsoft Office CD-ROMs and selling them over the Internet. Taken into custody late Friday, Collier is charged in a four-count federal indictment following the seizure of two shipments of Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2007 software CD-ROMs. Specifically, the indictment charges Harper with two counts of trafficking counterfeit goods and two counts of smuggling. If convicted of all charges, Harper faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in federal prison.
The State Department’s Shipping Coordinating Committee will conduct an open meeting April 25, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. to prepare for the 90th Session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Safety Committee at the IMO Headquarters, London, U.K., May 16 - 25, 2012. Matters to be considered include, among other things, consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments; measures to enhance maritime security; goal-based new ship construction standards; ship design and equipment; safety of navigation; and dangerous goods, solid cargoes and containers.
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for April 4, 2012 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 10, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Commission announced that it has voted to conduct full five-year sunset reviews concerning the countervailing duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea and the antidumping duty orders on the same merchandise from Germany and Korea (701-TA-350, 731-TA-616, and 731-TA-618, respectively).
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China (A-570-848) which sets an AD cash deposit rate for two exporters and rescinds this administrative review with respect to three exporters1. These rates, which are effective April 10, 2012, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products from Korea (A-580-836) which sets an AD cash deposit rate for one manufacturer/exporter. This rate, which is effective April 10, 2012, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
From March 21 to March 23, 2012, the Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Foreign Agriculture Service reports that private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 165,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2012/2013 marketing year. The marketing year for soybeans began September 1.