Mexico's Diario Oficial of Aug. 17, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
Oracle will pay a $2 million penalty to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act books and records and internal controls provisions. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Oracle failed to prevent its Indian subsidiary from secretly setting aside money off the company's books that was eventually used to make unauthorized payments to phony vendors in India.
The Small Business Administration changed its business size standards for 199 industries, effective Oct. 1, to implement the Office of Management and Budget’s 2012 modifications of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), it said in an interim final rule set for publication in the Federal Register on Aug. 20. 179 of these industries are in the manufacturing sector. The large majority of the changes involve renumbering and/or redefining NAICS 2007 codes in NAICS 2012 without warranting changes to their size standards, SBA said, but the adoption of classification updates will result in increases in business size standards for 40 industries, 36 of which are in the manufacturing sector. Comments on the interim rule are due by Oct. 19.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Aug. 17 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration issued its quarterly list of (i) completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings and (ii) anticircumvention determinations.
On Aug. 16 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Aug. 16 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails Aug. 16 announcing changes to some Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for Aug. 10-16
The proposed price hike in U.S. Commercial Service user fees will severely limit the ability of small- and medium-sized exporters to utilize its services,” said the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in comments on the International Trade Administration’s June 13 proposed rule to increase fees on U.S. Commercial Service export promotion services. As proposed, the fee for the Gold Key Matchmaking service, which pairs U.S. companies with potential buyers in foreign countries, would increase by 153 percent for small- and medium-sized businesses, the Chamber said. The fee increase would be almost as large as that for large companies. Less than 1 percent of small- and medium-sized companies that export use the ITA’s export promotion services, and this proposed increase would further reduce utilization, the Chamber said.