The Transportation Security Administration has issued a press release stating that to meet the 9/11 law's requirement for 100% screening of air cargo on passenger planes by 2010, a new Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP) office will allow the aviation and cargo industries to assume direct responsibility for screening, which could be done at factories and warehouses, with phase one of the program beginning in 2008. (TSA press release, dated 01/03/08, available at http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/aircargo_security.shtm )
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a proposed rule that would amend its regulations at 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149 and 192 to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources, a Request for Quotation was issued to eligible Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading-Edge Solutions (EAGLE) vendors on December 13, 2007 for a Global Trade Exchange (GTX) pilot. CBP notes that vendor responses to the RFQ are due by January 22, 2008.
Broker Power is able to provide quota prices (generally twice a month) for a limited number of textile and apparel categories from the People's Republic of China that are subject to "agreed quotas" and publicly traded. (These publicly traded quota prices have been provided by a Hong Kong quota broker.)
The New York Times reports that China recently stated it would introduce production guidelines for seafood, covering more than 100 categories from breeding fish and seafood products to disease prevention and drug controls. (New York Times, dated 12/27/07, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/business/worldbusiness/27cnd-fish.html)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a proposed rule that would amend its regulations at 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149 and 192 to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.
The California Air Resources Board has issued a press release announcing that in December 2007, it adopted both the Shore Power and Port Truck measures to reduce diesel pollution from trucks and ocean-going vessels at state ports. The truck regulation is expected to reduce diesel particulate matter emissions from drayage trucks from baseline 2007 levels some 86 percent (2.6 tons per day) by 2010. Emissions of NOx are expected to be reduced from 2007 baseline levels by 62 percent (42 tons per day) by 2014. (ARB press release update, available at http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr120507.htm)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a proposed rule that would amend its regulations at 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149 and 192 to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.