On December 3, 2004, President Bush signed into law the conference version of H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (Public Law (P.L.) 108-429).
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), India Group II closed on December 2, 2004 at 8:30 a.m.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that will require the establishment and maintenance of records by persons (except farms, restaurants, and certain others) who manufacture, import, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, or hold food in the U.S. This final rule takes effect February 7, 2005.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that will require the establishment and maintenance of records by persons (except farms, restaurants, and certain others) who manufacture, import, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, or hold food in the U.S.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, as of December 4, 2004, the India Group II quota is 99.9% filled and is "on hold."
In its October 2004 AES Newsletter, Census has included a letter that was sent to all Data Entry Center (DEC) participants announcing that the DEC program will terminate on March 31, 2005.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site an updated "informal list" of recent petitions (requests) submitted to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) requesting China safeguard quotas on certain textile and apparel imports from China.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site an updated "informal list" of recent petitions (requests) submitted to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) requesting China safeguard quotas on certain textile and apparel imports from China.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice announcing that on October 27, 2004, it received a request from certain groups asking that a safeguard quota be imposed on imports from China of combed cotton yarn (cat 301) on the ground that an anticipated increase in such imports after January 1, 2005 threatens to disrupt the U.S. market.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has posted a statement and fact sheet to its Web site announcing that on November 18, 2004, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) agreed to consider a petition filed by certain textile groups requesting a safeguard quota on combed cotton yarn (Category 301) from China.