Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
The leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has posted a "discussion draft" of the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008 to tackle the problem of tainted imports, create a registry of food and drug importers, etc. The Committee will be holding a hearing on this issue on April 24, 2008. (Memo on "Discussion Draft", dated 04/17/08, available at http://energycommerce.house.gov/FDAGlobalAct-08/041708.DiscDraft.Memo.pdf; "Discussion Draft" available at http://energycommerce.house.gov/FDAGlobalAct-08/Dingel_60AXML.pdf.)
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1. House Commerce Committee Hearing on Draft Food and Drug Safety Bill
2. House Ways and Means Notice on Add'l Miscellaneous Trade Bills
The House Ways and Means Committee announced that it is seeking comments by June 2, 2008 on 11 additional miscellaneous tariff and duty suspension bills. These bills had been inadvertently omitted from the Committee's initial request for comments as part of its miscellaneous trade bill process. (Press release, TR-8, dated 04/18/08, available at http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=6878.)
3. LA Issues Public Bulletin on LA/LB Import Specialist Teams
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Port of Los Angeles issued a Public Bulletin that updates the commodities and personnel assigned to import specialist and entry teams at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport. (LA08-010, dated 03/13/08, available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com)
4. APHIS Corrects Its Final Rule on Uncooked Pork, Pork Products
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a correction to its April 2, 2008 final rule on the importation of uncooked pork and pork products that originated in a region considered to be free of classical swine fever (CSF) and are processed in a region where CSF exists. (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/08/08 news, 08040820, for BP summary of the final rule.) (D/N APHIS-2006-0186, FR Pub 04/15/08, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/Z8-6800.pdf)
5. BIS Sensors & Instrumentation Committee to Hold Partially Open Meeting
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a notice announcing that the Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee will hold a partially open meeting on April 29, 2008 in Washington, DC. (FR Pub 04/15/08, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-7909.pdf)
6. ITA Fact Sheet on February Export Stats, Includes Info on Colombia TPA
The International Trade Administration has issued its fact sheet on February 2008 export statistics. The fact sheet includes a section on the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. (Fact sheet, released 04/10/08, available at http://www.commerce.gov/s/groups/public/@doc/@os/@opa/documents/content/prod01_005512.pdf)
7. FSIS Posts Updated Meat/Poultry/Egg Inspection Directory
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted an updated "Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory," a listing of establishments that produce meat, poultry, and/or egg products regulated by FSIS. (Directory, dated 04/08/08, available at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Meat_Poultry_Egg_Inspection_Directory/index.asp)
8. WCO to Host 2008 World Customs Forum on Rules of Origin
The World Customs Organization reports that it will host the World Customs Forum 2008, regarding rules of origin, on June 16-17, 2008 in Brussels, Belgium. The World Customs Forum 2008 is intended for specialists in international trade, taxation and Customs issues. (Forum information available at http://www.wcoomd.org/event_fact_sheet.htm)
9. EC Updates its List of Banned Airlines
The European Commission has issued a press release announcing that it has adopted the seventh update of the "blacklist" of airlines subject to an operating ban in the European Union. The EC states that it is imposing a ban on all operations of an additional Ukrainian airline (Ukraine Cargo Airways) as well as on all operations of the Congolese carrier Hewa Bora Airways. At the same time, the EC is closely monitoring the progress of corrective actions by carriers such as Mahan Air from Iran, TAAG Angola Airlines and all Indonesian carriers, all of which at this stage, remain on the list. (Press release, dated 04/11/08, available at http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/562&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en)
10. FTZB Applications Notices
The following Foreign Trade Zone Board application notices were published:
FTZ 122 - Corpus Christi, Texas - Application Subzone, Haliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Barite Grinding and Milling) Corpus Christi, Texas
FTZ 2 - New Orleans, Louisiana - Application for Subzone, Haliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Barite Grinding and Milling) New Orleans, Louisiana
FTZ 26 - Atlanta, Georgia - Application for Subzone Status, KIA Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (Motor Vehicles)
FTZ 26 - Atlanta, Georgia - Application for Subzone, Noramco, Inc. (Pharmaceutical Intermediate Manufacturing) Athens, Georgia
FTZ - Lake Charles, Louisiana - Application for Subzone, Haliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Barite Grinding and Milling) Westlake, Louisiana
(FTZB notices available by searching on the April 15, 2008 Federal Register: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a080415c.html)