The U.S. Census Bureau has issued its final rule, effective July 2, 2008, which amends 15 CFR Part 30 to make mandatory1 the filing of export information through the Automated Export System or AESDirect2, for all shipments where a Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) is currently required, etc.
The U.S. Census Bureau has issued its final rule to amend the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations (15 CFR Part 30) to make mandatory the filing of export information through the Automated Export System or AESDirect, for all shipments where a Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) is currently required, etc.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a notice postponing the implementation of the Reportable Food Registry (Registry) and its associated electronic portal, both of which the FDA was required to establish by September 27, 2008, pursuant to the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA).
On May 22, 2008, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on S. 1919, the Trade Enforcement Act of 2007. Highlights of the witnesses' written statements are provided below, after a summary of the bill.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an Excel spreadsheet listing the reject reasons for April 2008 for CBP Form 5106 Importer ID input records, CBP Form 301 Customs bonds, bond applications, bond riders, bond terminations, etc.
The House and Senate have both passed the conference version of H.R. 2419, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill), by greater than two-thirds majorities.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a Federal Register notice announcing that it has reached a provisional settlement agreement with Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. in order to settle allegations that Kohl's sales of children's sweatshirts with drawstrings through the hood did not meet the CPSC's 1996 Guidelines or ASTM F1816-97, failed to comport with the CPSC's May 2006 defect notice, and posed a strangulation hazard to children.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has reached provisional settlement agreements with eight firms in order to settle allegations that the firms' children's hooded sweatshirts or jackets - sold with drawstrings at the hood and neck - did not meet the CPSC's 1996 Guidelines or ASTM F1816-97, failed to comport with the CPSC's May 2006 defect notice, and posed a strangulation hazard to children.
On April 25 2008, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its 2008 "Special 301" annual report on the adequacy and effectiveness of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection by U.S. trading partners.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a notice announcing that it will hold a public one-day roundtable on understanding the pending lead legislation and the use of lead in consumer products on May 13, 2008 in Bethesda, MD.