Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
The Journal of Commerce (JoC) has reported that the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Mexican trucks should be subject to environmental reviews before being allowed to travel on U.S. roads. According to JoC, such trucks have been unable to operate in the U.S. because of a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that environmental reviews must be completed before the trucks are allowed into the U.S. (JoC 12/22/03 - 01/04/04, www.joc.com)
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1. Supreme Court to Decide if Mexican Trucks Will be Subject to Environmental Reviews
2. State Department Imposes Sanctions, Nonproliferation Measures Against Macedonian Entities
The State Department has issued two public notices announcing that determinations have been made that two Macedonian entities, Blagoja Samakoski and Mikrosam, have eneged in missle technology proliferation activites that require the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, and the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, as well as the imposition of measures pursuant to Executive Order 12938. See public notices for details of these sanctions and measures with respect to the Macedonian entities. (Public Notices 4573 and 4574, FR Pub 12/24/03, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31726.pdf and http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31725.pdf )
3. APHIS Issues Draft Pest Risk Analysis for Certain Citrus Fruit from Peru
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced the availability of a draft pest risk analysis that has been prepared relative to a proposed rule current under consideration that would allow the importation of various types of fresh commercial citrus from Peru into the U.S. APHIS will consider all comments that it receives on or before March 12, 2004. (D/N 03-113-1, FR Pub 01/12/04, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-515.pdf)
4. Interim Rule Amends FAR to Implement Chile & Singapore FTAs, Etc.
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement new Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Chile and Singapore, as approved by Congress. The interim rule also implements new dollar thresholds for application of trade agreements, as published by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Written comments due by March 8, 2004. (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/23/03 news, 03122399 5, for BP summary of USTR's notice.) (FR Pub 01/07/04, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-178.pdf)
5. Various Agencies Seek Comments on Information Collections Submitted to OMB
The following agencies have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for review and approval/clearance, the following information collections to allow an additional 30-day period for comments:
| Agency | Information Collection | Comments Due |
| ATF | eForm 6 Access Request (ATF 5013.3) | 01/21/041 |
| CBP | Application-Checkpoint Pre-enrolled Access Lane (Form I-866) | 01/20/042 |
| CBP | Arrival Record (Form I-94AOT) | 01/21/043 |
1 FR Pub 12/22/03, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31413.pdf
2 FR Pub 12/19/03, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31286.pdf
3 FR Pub 12/22/03, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31449.pdf
6. Various Agencies Seek Comments on Information Collections
The following agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections:
| Agency | Information Collection | Comments Due |
| AMS | Vegetable and Specialty Crop Marketing Orders | 02/17/041 |
| CBP | United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBP-450) | 02/17/042 |
| CBP | Distribution of Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset to Affected Domestic Producers | 02/17/042 |
| CBP | Land Border Carrier Initiative Program | 02/17/043 |
| CBP | Drawback Process Regulations and Entry Collection Documents (CBP-7551, 7552, 7553) | 02/17/043 |
| CBP | Accreditation of Commercial Testing Laboratories; Approval of Commercial Gaugers | 02/17/044 |
| CBP | African Growth and Opportunity Act Certificate of Origin | 02/17/044 |
1 FR Pub 12/16/03, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-30997.pdf
2 FR Pub 12/17/03, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/17dec20030900/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31144.pdf
3 FR Pub 12/17/03, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/17dec20030900/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31147.pdf
4 FR Pub 12/17/03, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/17dec20030900/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31149.pdf
7. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Actions
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board (FTZB) has issued the following notices of recent FTZB actions:
| FTZ Applicant | Company or action |
| Greater Metropolitan Area Foreign Trade Zone Commission (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (FTZ 119) | Wirsbo Company |
| Puerto Rico Exports Development Corporation (FTZ 61) | Pepsi-Cola Manufacturing International, Ltd. |
FTZB notices (FR Pub 12/22/03 and 12/24/03), available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31476.pdf and http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31765.pdf