The Commerce Department is seeking comment on any subsidies, including stumpage subsidies, provided by countries exporting softwood lumber or softwood lumber products to the U.S. during the period July 31 through Dec, 31, 2014 (here). Comments are due by May 26.

The Commerce Department added eight entries to the Entity List (here). The list, administered by Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security, informs the public of entities that have allegedly engaged in activities that could facilitate the spread of weapons of mass destruction. BIS requires license for exports to these entities, but the agency typically denies license requests. License exceptions for transactions with companies and individuals on the Entity List are very rare, the agency says. BIS added the following entries to the Entity List:

The Commerce Department issued its quarterly update (here) to its annual list of foreign government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty that were imported during the period Oct. 1, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2014.

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for April 16:

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for April 14:

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for April 13:

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for April 10:

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for April 8:

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements announced it will remove certain types of three-thread circular knit fleece fabrics from the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement short supply list in Annex 3.25 of CAFTA. Gildan had submitted a request in February for removal of the fabrics (see 1503050018), which are classified under HTS subheading 6001.21. Under CAFTA short supply provisions, any textile or apparel good imported into the U.S. containing fibers, yarns, or fabrics that are included on the list in Annex 3.25 is treated as if it is an originating good, regardless of the actual origin of those inputs. Removal of these knit fleece fabrics from the CAFTA short supply list takes effect Oct. 5.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry amended the Export Administration Regulations to revise six Export Control Classification Numbers following recent agreements on changes to the Missile Technology Control Regime. Those revisions, along with several conforming changes to the Commerce Control List, take effect on April 7 (here). The U.S. and 33 other countries are party to the MTCR, a non-binding accord that aims to limit the spread of weapons of mass destruction (here). U.S. companies now face a 30-day deadline to export or re-export items under license exceptions or without a license that are impacted by the ECCN revisions. Commerce made similar revisions in 2014 after striking agreement with MTCR parties on export control changes (see 14052324).