The World Customs Organization will hold its annual conference: “Building Momentum for an Effective Partnership” on October 6-7, 2010 at the Renaissance Polat Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.
In the July 20, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The European Commission has posted an updated overview of its ongoing free trade agreement negotiations. The overview lists countries, negotiating directives, current status, and next steps.
The European Commission has posted a fact sheet on EU-China trade which states that Europe's imports from China grew by 16.5% on average per year during 2004-2008, making China its biggest source of manufactured goods. China is also Europe's fastest growing export market. Europe exported €81.7 billion worth of goods to China in 2009, 4% more than in 2008.
The European Union has announced it is appealing the June 2010 World Trade Organization panel report concerning EU subsidization of Airbus (DS3161) as there are aspects of the report which “need to be corrected or clarified.”
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
In the July 17, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada is advising exporters that, effective July 13, 2010, Canada has added the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to the Area Control List (ACL), the list of countries to which the exportation of all goods and technology must be authorized by an export permit. All applications for permits to export items to North Korea will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Applications to export goods or technology that do not fall into one of the described categories will generally be denied.
The Canada Border Services Agency has concluded, effective July 16, 2010, a re-investigation to adjust the antidumping normal values for certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate, carbon steel plate, and high-strength low-alloy plate, variously, originating in or exported from China, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania and Ukraine. A complete response was only submitted by Azovstal and the Metinvest Group of Companies (Azovstal) from Ukraine. As a result, Azovstal has been provided with updated normal values. Normal values for all other exporters will be based on the export price of the goods advanced by 80.2% (China), 74.6% (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, and Romania), and 21.3% Ukraine.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada has posted the 2010 Tariff Preference Level Holders List for Exports to the United States for: