The International Trade Administration published notices in the Jan. 4 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):
On Jan. 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 issued its weekly Enforcement Report for Jan. 2 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
The Food and Drug Administration issued its proposed rule on Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventative Controls (HARPC). The proposal is currently on public inspection, and is set for publication in the Jan. 16 Federal Register. Pursuant to the Food Safety Modernization Act’s requirement that FDA establish a Foreign Supplier Verification Program, importers will have to verify their suppliers’ compliance with HARPC, among other food safety regulations, with some exceptions. “A proposed rule on foreign supplier verification is closely interconnected to this rule on preventive controls for human food, and is expected to publish soon,” said FDA in its HARPC proposal. See future issues of International Trade Today for details.
On Jan. 3 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Jan. 3 to 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 Dec. 28 - Jan. 3:
The Foreign Agricultural Service amended the availability of credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity Credit Corporation's Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2013, for Turkey (here).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Jan. 2, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The Commerce Department released its fall 2012 Unified Agenda, setting out its regulatory plans for fiscal year 2013. Scheduled rulemakings include the Census Bureau’s Foreign Trade Regulations rewrite, as well as numerous proposed and final rules relating to Export Control Reform. In FY 2012, the Bureau of Industry and Security issued nine of the 12 final rules planned in the fall 2011 Unified Agenda, and three of seven proposed rules. Census had only planned to issue its FTR rewrite final rule, and did not do so in FY 2012.