The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 3 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
On Sept. 3 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration on Sept. 3 announced the availability new training videos to assist companies in using its “Food Defense Plan Builder” software designed to help companies protect themselves against intentional adulteration of food. The training videos help users answer a series of questions about the food facility and the associated food in order to develop a comprehensive food defense plan, including a vulnerability assessment, broad and focused mitigation strategies, and an action plan. The Food Defense Plan Builder software is available (here).
On Sept. 3 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is phasing in new electronic shipping labels with barcodes for Plant Protection and Quarantine and Biotechnology Regulatory Services permits, it said on Sept. 4. To save time and cost, APHIS will email the labels as a PDF so they don’t have to be put in the mail, it said. APHIS will send new labels “within minutes” of an approved label request, and additional shipping labels can be requested as needed by email. The labels will include detailed shipping instructions, and can be forwarded electronically to exporters, said APHIS.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Sept. 4:
The Court of International Trade on Sept. 2 granted an importer’s request for referral to mediation of a misclassification penalty claim, despite objections from the government. Tenacious Holdings, formerly known as Ergodyne Corp., asked for “court-annexed mediation” to settle the case. The government opposed, arguing that Tenacious had only filed the request to avoid a deadline to provide certain documents in discovery. CIT decided that there is no downside to mediation in the case, and it may be the best way to resolve the dispute given the small dollar amount at issue.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Sept. 2-3, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service launched a new website that gives importers another option for filing Lacey Act Declarations electronically, the agency said Sept. 3. The Lacey Act Web Governance System (LAWGS) (here) allows importers and their customs brokers to log into APHIS systems and enter their PPQ Form 505 directly. The new system is not intended to replace filing of Lacey Act Declarations in the Automated Broker Interface, but is instead intended to give remaining paper filers an electronic option. LAWGS will eventually replace all paper submissions, said APHIS.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of Sept. 3 lists trade-related notices as follows: