Broker Power provides quota prices on a monthly basis for certain textile and apparel categories from the People's Republic of China (China) that are publicly traded. (These publicly traded quota prices have been provided by a Hong Kong quota broker.)
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by June 16, 2004 regarding a "commercial availability" request it received under the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SFTA) from the government of Singapore:
The State Department has issued a public notice which announces that pursuant to Section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and Executive Order 11958, it has determined and certified to Congress that Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Libya are not cooperating fully with U.S. antiterrorism efforts.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release announcing that on May 18, 2004, the U.S. and Australia signed the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a final rule, effective May 17, 2004, that revises the appendices to its Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulations (7 CFR 6.20-6.37) for the 2004 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year to reflect the cumulative annual transfers from Appendix 1 to Appendix 2 for certain dairy product import licenses permanently surrendered by licensees or revoked by the USDA. The Appendices also list Appendix 3 quantities. The three Appendices are described as follows:
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice stating that, effective May 18, 2004, the above-listed Colombia categories were adjusted for swing and carryover.
In the May 12, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 20), CBP issued notices: (a) revoking a classification ruling on satellite radio receiver sets; (b) revoking a classification ruling regarding a radar apparatus that measures liquid levels; and (c) revoking or modifying three classification rulings on textile tool holders. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the following vessel operating common carriers (VOCCs) have become Sea Automated Manifest System (AMS) operational:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a May 2004 version of a document entitled, "Compliance Summary Information: Prior Notice," which updates an April 2004 version.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice announcing that it is reopening until July 6, 2004 the comment period for a 1995 proposed rule which proposed, among other things, to amend the FDA's existing health claims regulations to provide additional flexibility in the use of these claims on food products.