Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
Journal of Commerce Online reports that importers and exporters who ship their cargo through Los Angeles-Long Beach during the day will pay a fee of $20 per TEU starting November 1, 2004. At the same time, all terminal operators in the port complex will phase in a program of extended gate hours, beginning with a full day shift each Saturday. The terminals will add another weekend or weekday night shift at a rate of one per month. (JoC Online, dated 08/23/04, www.joc.com)
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1. Daytime Fee to Move Southern California Boxes
2. FMC Notice on Servcon Problems
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a notice stating that their Bureau of Trade Analysis is experiencing problems with the SERVCON service contract filing system, as it is not allowing some current service contract amendments to be filed because the system failed to index a service contract amendment filing that was previously transmitted. According to the FMC, their Office of Information Technology is working on measures to alleviate the problem as quickly as possible. For those experiencing current problems filing service contracts, notify servcon@fmc.gov or the Office of Service Contracts and Tariffs staff at (202) 523-5856. (FMC Notice, dated 08/20/04, available at http://www.fmc.gov/SERVCON%20Notice%208-20-2004.htm )
3. NAFTA Panel Completes Review of ITA Determination on Certain Steel Pipe
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that the NAFTA Binational Panel has completed its review of the final remand determination made by the ITA in the matter of circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico. The panel affirmed the ITA's final remand determination in July 2004. (Secretariat File No. USA/MEX-98-1904-05, FR Pub 08/13/04, http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-18495.pdf)
4. BIS' Transportation and Related Equipment Advisory Committee to Meet
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has announced an open meeting ot its Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee on September 21, 2004 in Washington, DC. public. (FR Pub 08/23/04, http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-19273.pdf)