The International Trade Administration issued a notice revoking the antidumping duty order on certain orange juice from Brazil (A-351-840) effective as of March 9, 2011. Accordingly, the ITA will notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection to discontinue suspension of liquidation and collection of cash deposits on entries of the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse on or after March 9, 2011. Entries of subject merchandise prior to March 9, 2011 will continue to be subject to suspension of liquidation and AD duty deposit requirements, and the ITA will complete any pending administrative reviews of this AD order.
On April 19, 2012, the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails April 19, 2012, 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.
An antiquities dealer pleaded guilty to smuggling Egyptian cultural property into the U.S. and making a false statement to law enforcement authorities, said Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
The cumulative effect of China’s recent exchange rate reforms is very significant and very promising, said Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at the Brookings Institution on April 18. Geithner’s remarks followed China’s decision to widen the Renmenbi’s trading band against the dollar from 0.5% to 1%, as well as broader reforms to increase RMB convertibility.
The Census Bureau issued AES Broadcast #2012031 as part of a series of monthly educational broadcast messages on the Automated Export System. This month Census is highlighting AES error codes 114 (HAZMAT Indicator Missing) and 244 (USPPI Contact Phone Number Format: NNNNNNNNNN). The broadcast covers the reasons for these error messages and how to resolve them. Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the April 18, 2012, broadcast.
The Census Bureau issued an AES broadcast announcing that the AESDirect system will undergo two one-hour maintenance outages on April 20 from 1 a.m .-- 2 a.m. EDT and April 27 from 1 a.m .-- 2 a.m. EDT. Census says that during these outages the AES Downtime Policy will not be enacted due to the brief periods of unavailability. Census encourages all AESDirect program filers to file shipments prior to these outages if possible. AESPcLink users are encouraged to continue creating and storing shipments in a queue on their local computers for transmission when AESDirect is brought back on-line.
On April 18, 2012, 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 April 18, 2012, that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 19, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows: