The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing that the U.S. intends to initiate free trade negotiations with Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia (Andean countries). (See ITT's Online Archives or 11/26/03 news, 03112620, for BP summary of USTR's press release announcing its Congressional notification on this matter.)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted to its Web site information on a series of public meetings that will provide an overview of the FDA's October 10, 2003 interim final rules on the registration of food facilities and the prior notice of imported food shipments.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has amended its final results of the countervailing (CV) duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from South Korea for the review period of January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) is amending its antidumping (AD) duty order, as well as its final and amended final affirmative AD duty determinations, on certain non-frozen apple juice concentrate from China as there is now a final and conclusive court decision affirming the ITA's remand determinations for this investigation.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a set of 40 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), dated February 12, 2004, concerning its final rule which amended the Customs regulations to require the advance electronic presentation of information pertaining to cargo (sea, air, rail, or truck) prior to its being brought into, or sent from, the U.S.
WTO News states that the World Trade Organization's (WTO) General Council has given Cambodia another six months (to March 31, 2004) to ratify its membership agreement and join the WTO. (WTO News, dated 02/11/04, available at http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news04_e/gc_cambodia/11Feb04_.e.htm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made available a list of 71 frequently asked questions (FAQ) regarding the State Department's control of exports. As this list of questions appears to have been posted in April 2002, some questions may be outdated. (State Department questions, dated 04/02, available at http://www.cbp.gov/ImageCache/cgov/content/export/documents_5flicenses_5frequirements/qstate_2epdf/v1/qstate.pdf.)
Broker Power has previously reported that effective from February 2, 2004 through April 30, 2004, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is detaining and requesting production documents for, or sending to a laboratory for testing, importations of socks from at most 22 targeted countries.
(a) DSM has a de minimis rate of 0.04%; no cash deposits will be collected but suspension of liquidation will continue
(a) For previously reviewed China and non-China exporters with separate rates, the cash deposit rate will be the company-specific rate established for the most recent period.