The Bureau of Industry and Security is seeking information on the chip sector and the semiconductor supply chain, including sales statistics, production and inventory information, and bottleneck issues, the agency said in a notice. The comments will help the Commerce Department gather information on issues in the semiconductor industry, which was mandated in a February executive order (see 2102240068 and 2107280051).
The Bureau of Industry and Security is requiring public versions of all requests for Section 232 investigations that are not filed by U.S. government agencies, it said in a final rule. Beginning Sept. 24, requests containing both business confidential and classified national security information must be accompanied by public versions, with U.S. government entities exempt from the requirement. Business confidential information must also be summarized for the public, though classified national security information will not require a summary.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is seeking comments from the public on information related to the supply chains for critical sectors of the information and communications technology industrial base, the agency said in a notice. The comments will help the Commerce Department prepare a report on issues in the ICT supply chain, which was mandated by a February executive order (see 2102240068).
The Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security “will not be extending the effective windows of Granted Exclusions with shipments impacted by Hurricane Ida at this time,” a BIS spokesperson said by email. CBP recently said it is waiting for Commerce input on how to handle goods that fall under a Section 232 quota exclusion that seemed likely to expire before the goods could be entered, due to Hurricane Ida delays (see 2109030040).