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BIS Sets New Reporting Threshold For Exports, Imports of Certain Controlled Chemicals
July 3, 2023 |Commerce Dept.

A new rule change by the Bureau of Industry and Security will subject a broader range of chemical mixtures to declaration requirements, including for export or import. The revisions, outlined in a final rule that takes effect July 3, lowers the concentration threshold level at which mixtures containing certain controlled chemicals are subject to the declaration requirements. The change brings the U.S. Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations “into further alignment” with guidelines adopted by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in 2009, which established the lower concentration threshold limit for certain chemicals.

IPEF Negotiators Talk Environment, Fair Economy at Ministerial Meeting
June 30, 2023 by Noah Garfinkel|Commerce Dept.

Negotiators for prospective Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity countries reaffirmed their "shared commitment to ambitious outcomes in Pillars III (Clean Economy) and IV (Fair Economy) as quickly as possible," at an IPEF virtual ministerial meeting hosted by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on June 29. The meeting included representatives from Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, the Commerce news release said. IPEF members also discussed "the importance of delivering concrete benefits, including technical assistance and capacity building, to support future implementation of the high standard commitments envisioned" for the clean and fair economy pillars, the news release said.