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BIS Sends Section 232 Rule for Interagency Review
February 20, 2024 |Commerce Dept.

The Bureau of Industry and Security sent a final rule for interagency review that could make changes to the exclusion process for Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs. BIS sent the rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Feb. 15, about six months after it published proposed changes aimed at improving the accuracy and efficiency of exclusion requests and objections (see 2308250035).

BIS Drafting ICTS Supply Chain Prerule
February 20, 2024 |Commerce Dept.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is making progress on an Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS) supply chain rule involving “connected vehicles.” The agency sent the prerule for interagency review on Feb. 16.

CITA Adding Nylon Dobby Weave Fabrics to CAFTA-DR Commercial Availability List
February 5, 2024 |Commerce Dept.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements is adding several types of nylon dobby weave fabric to the "short supply list" in Annex 3.25 of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement for items not commercially available in a timely manner, it said in a notice. Powers Manufacturing Company, which does business as Powers Athletic, requested the additions in December. The fabrics, classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings 5407.43.2030 and 5407.42.2060, are being added in unrestricted quantities. Under short supply provisions of CAFTA-DR, fibers, yarns and fabrics listed in Annex 3.25 are provided with tariff preferences under the trade agreement.