The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its second administrative reviews of the antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders on certain softwood lumber products from Canada.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release and fact sheet stating that the U.S. and Peru have completed a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA). USTR Portman noted that as many products from Peru already enter the U.S. market duty-free under the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), this FTA with Peru will level the playing field and make duty-free treatment a two-way street.
In January 2005, APHIS issued final rule which established a category of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) minimal risk regions and added Canada to this category. The final rule provided conditions for the importation of certain live ruminants and ruminant products and by products from such regions.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium for the period of May 1, 2003 through April 30, 2004.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) is requesting written comments by January 9, 2006 regarding a "short supply" request it received under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on behalf of Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI):
The House Ways and Means Committee has issued a press release announcing that on December 7, 2005, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4340, the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 2005. According to the press release, H.R. 4340 must now be approved by the Senate before being sent to the President to be signed. (Ways and Means press release, dated 12/07/05, available at http://waysandmeans.house.gov/News.asp?FormMode=release&ID=359.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site notice that the Office of Regulations and Rulings (OR&R), National Commodity Specialist Division (NCSD) in New York has announced an enhancement to the existing eRulings program with the creation of a Web based eRuling Template for online binding ruling requests.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to the Pilot Bond Centralization Program section of its Web site a November 29, 2005 version of its guidance document entitled "Latest News and Developments." According to CBP, this document provides information on the Pilot Bond Centralization Program and current issues, policies, and procedures for processing bond applications.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published its lists of completed and pending antidumping (AD)) duty scope rulings; terminated scope inquiries; and pending scope and anticircumvention inquiries.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a correction to its November 16, 2005 notice requesting comments for its annual review of the operation and effectiveness of all U.S. trade agreements regarding U.S. telecommunications products and services that are in force with respect to the U.S.