The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 17:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 16:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 15:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 14:
Cameron Kerry will take over as Acting Secretary of Commerce June 1, according to an internal letter from current Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank to Commerce Department employees. Blank is to become Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her last day at Commerce will be May 31, she said.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 13:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board approved a request from the Port of San Francisco to expand FTZ No. 3’s service area to include several neighboring counties. The zone previously serviced only San Francisco and San Mateo Counties, but now also includes Contra Costa, Martin and Solano Counties. Portions of Sonoma and Napa Counties are now serviced as well.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements issued interim procedures it will follow in implementing short supply provisions of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (PATPA). Under those provisions, CITA will consider requests to modify the list of fibers, yarns, or fabrics not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the U.S. A textile or apparel good imported into the U.S. containing such listed fibers, yarns, or fabrics will be treated as if it is an originating good for purposes of PATPA rules of origin, regardless of the actual origin of those inputs.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 10:
Parts of the Proposed Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements have been revised to reflect Foreign Trade Regulations rewrite, the Census Bureau said in a May 8 AES Broadcast. The "601 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) - Export Shipment Information" and "Summary of Changes" document in AESTIR were revised. The changes made to the proposed AESTIR, including the revised 601, will be implemented Jan. 8, 2014. The AES upgrade is tentatively scheduled for completion after Sept. 30, 2013 and a specific date for Fall 2013 will be given later.