The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on May 1:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on April 30:
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements is adding a double-knit jacquard fabric to the "short supply list" in Annex 3.25 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United Sates Free Trade Agreement for items not commercially available in a timely manner, it said in a notice. Lacoste requested the additions in December. The fabric, classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 6006.33, is being added in unrestricted quantities. Under short supply provisions of CAFTA-DR, fibers, yarns and fabrics listed in Annex 3.25 are provided with tariff preferences under the trade agreement.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on April 24:
The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing editorial changes to the regulations for its Seafood Inspection Program that it says “will lead to increased uniformity of and efficiencies associated with inspections, while retaining the reliability and validity of inspection results.”
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements seeks comments by May 24 on a request by Canada to change the USMCA rules of origin for a fabric used in the production of fire hose. Canada says there is no commercial availability in the U.S., Canada or Mexico of “high-tenacity polyester yarn, single or multiple, multifilament, untwisted, untextured, and measuring more than 920 decitex, used in the production of fire hose, with or without lining, armor or accessories of other materials.” The yarn is classifiable in subheading 5402.20, and “end-use classification” for the fire hose is heading 5909.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on April 23:
The Commerce Department on April 18 released its quarterly update to its annual list of foreign government subsidies on imported articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty July 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2023. The agency again found that only Canada is providing subsidies, in the form of export assistance.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on April 17:
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said April 17 she’s concerned that a host of upcoming elections around the world could fuel harmful sentiment against international trade.