U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice describing the various Automated Export System (AES) partnership agency interfaces.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice describing the various Automated Export System (AES) partnership agency interfaces.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice describing the various Automated Export System (AES) partnership agency interfaces.
The Journal of Commerce reports that there is widespread concern about the quality of import data used to assess U.S. cargo-security risks, according to the president of the World Shipping Council (WSC). As a result, the article states that the WSN president will make supply chain security a top priority in 2006. (JoC dated 01/26/06, www.joc.com.)
Washington File reports that on September 9, 2005, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez announced a formal determination of a fishery failure in the Gulf of Mexico (including the Florida Keys, and the area from Pensacola, Florida to the Texas border) due to the major flooding, clogged waterways, damage to fishing boats and ports, and closed processing facilities following Hurricane Katrina. (Washington File, dated 09/12/05, available at http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=September&x=20050912111545lcnirellep0.7358057&t=xarchives/xarchitem.html )
On July 27, 2005, President Bush signed into law H.J. Res. 52 (Public Law (P.L. 109-39), a resolution that extends for another year the import ban contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (Act).
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued an interim final rule, effective August 16, 2005, in which it is amending the Burmese Sanctions Regulations (Regulations, 31 CFR Part 537) in order to implement Executive Order (EO) 13310. OFAC notes that due to the extensive nature of these amendments, it is also reissuing the Regulations as amended, in their entirety.
Washington Trade Daily reports that prospects for House approval of the US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) got a big boost yesterday when the United States Trade Rights Enforcement Act was introduced, a bill which pulls together various legislative proposals targeting China, such as allowing countervailing duty cases against China. The article states that allowing a vote on this China bill is expected to persuade some House members to vote for CAFTA. (WTD, dated 07/15/05, www.washingtontradedaily.com )
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a final rule, effective June 13, 2005, which amends the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations (SSR) by removing and revising certain provisions, adding two general licenses, revising civil penalty procedures, etc.
The U.S. Census Bureau (Census) has issued a final rule, effective June 15, 2005, that amends the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations (FTSR) to incorporate the requirement for reporting the Kimberley Process Certificate (KPC) number for exports/reexports of rough diamonds filed through the Automated Export System (AES) in accordance with the Clean Diamond Trade Act (Public Law (P.L.) 108-19).