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FTZ Board Approves Expansion Request of Zone in Eastern Washington
December 16, 2014 |Commerce Dept.

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board approved a request from the Port of Moses Lake Public Corporation. to expand the service area of FTZ 203 to include Adams County, Washington. The FTZ already includes Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln and Walla Walla Counties, as well as parts of Okanogan and Yakima Counties, Washington, within its service area

BIS Strengthens Military End-Use Controls on Microprocessors
December 16, 2014 |Commerce Dept.

The Commerce Department is strengthening its military end-use and end-user controls on microprocessors in the Export Administration Regulations (here). Specifically, Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security is “expanding the scope of microprocessors subject to the restriction to harmonize with technological advances to microprocessor chips.” BIS is expanding the scope of controls on software and technology that can be used for the development and manufacture of those chips, as well. This new rule also bars the use of license exceptions for exports, reexports and transfers of microprocessors subject to the military end-use or end-user restrictions, including through license exception ENC. Further, BIS is expanding controls to cover in-country transfers of U.S. military end-use sales of microprocessors in the destination country. The rule is effective on Dec. 17.

Pritzker Calls China Solar Case a Non-Factor for JCCT Talks
December 12, 2014 |Commerce Dept.

The ongoing U.S.-China dispute over antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese solar panels is unlikely to affect the upcoming Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, said Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker in a Dec. 12 conference call with reporters. “The timing of any determination is based on the law and the specificity of that case,” said Pritzker. Commerce’s final determination is set to be released on Dec. 15 (see 1412090018). The JCCT kicks off the following day (here).