The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is announcing that it notified U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on April 22, 2010, that effective immediately APHIS veterinary services has placed temporary restrictions on certain commodities from Japan due to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), based on notifications from Japan of an outbreak in cattle that is consistent with FMD.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
The Office of Management and Budget has approved a Bureau of Industry and Security proposed rule to add certain standards and procedures for assigning priority ratings to purchase orders or contracts and for allocating materials, services, and facilities to promote the national defense.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of certain steel grating from China.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted revised versions of the following guidances:
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted a new guidance entitled "Requests for Proviso Reconsideration and/or Clarification."
The Bureau of Industry and Security has submitted a final rule to the Office of Management and Budget for its approval, that would revise the Commerce Control List to update and clarify certain items that indicate "crime control" as a reason for control.
The Foreign Trade Zone Board has issued a memorandum1 stating that the deferred and possibly reduced duty benefits provided by the FTZ Act2 for imported merchandise admitted into a FTZ for use as production equipment begins when the FTZ manufacturing/processing application is pending approval.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
FSIS has provided updated information for the export of U.S. meat and poultry to the following country: