The Office of the U.S.Trade Representative is providing notice of country-by-country allocations of a second additional fiscal year 2010 in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota for imported raw cane sugar in the amount of 272,155 metric tons raw value in specified amounts to 25 countries. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/08/09 news, 10070804, for previous BP summary.)
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued an updated version (July 6, 2010) of its list of Canadian firms eligible to export meat and poultry to the U.S.
On July 2, 2010, APHIS updated its Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Canadian Border Agricultural Clearance Manual. This Manual serves as a guide for authorized Federal officers at ports of entry along the Canadian Border.
FSIS has issued the following notices:
FSIS has provided updated information for the export of U.S. meat and poultry to the following countries:
The Foreign Trade Zone Board has issued the following notice:
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Liser recently concluded her two-day visit to Ghana, where she met with senior government officials and private sector representatives to discuss the importance of the U.S.-Ghana trade relationship. Liser also co-chaired with Ghanaian Trade Minister Hannah Tetteh the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Ghana Trade and Investment Council, under the U.S.-Ghana Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, which was signed in 1999.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service is soliciting nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (which it previously inadvertently published with errors on June 30) to fill twelve vacancies that resulted from a USDA change in the member term limit. Nominations are due by August 9, 2010.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a pest risk analysis which evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the continental U.S. of fresh leaves of perennial wall rocket from the United Kingdom. Comments are due by September 7, 2010.
The International Trade Administration requests input regarding foreign or domestic policies or conditions that impede U.S. environmental technology exports to China, with emphasis on water management, to guide the Environment Working Group of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade in its October 2010 Environmental Industries Forum agenda, etc.