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BIS Issues Proposed Rule on Support Documents for EAR Applications
April 8, 2014 by Brian Dabbs|Commerce Dept.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security proposed a rule to change the support documents required to be submitted for license applications under the Export Administration Regulations. The proposal also would change the BIS role in documents for the Import Certificate and Delivery Verification system. Public comments on the proposal are due by June 9. International Trade Today will publish more information on this proposed rule in the coming days.

Chattanooga FTZ Applies for Expansion, Streamlined Subzone Procedures
March 31, 2014 by Brian Feito|Commerce Dept.

The Chattanooga Chamber Foundation submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 134 under the Alternative Site Framework, and expand the zone to cover 11 counties in southeastern Tennessee, according to an FTZ Board Federal Register notice. Under the reorganization, the zone's service area would cover Hamilton, Marion, Grundy, Warren, Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Rhea, Meigs, Bradley, Polk and McMinn Counties. The proposed reorganization under the "Alternative Site Framework would streamline processes for the designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within that service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on the application are due by June 2.