The International Trade Administration announced a multi-sector trade mission to India and Sri Lanka Feb. 3-9, 2013, to introduce U.S. firms to South India’s and Sri Lanka’s rapidly expanding markets for infrastructure, hospitality, healthcare, and environmental and information technologies. The mission will tour three cities, Chennai, Cochin (Kochi) and Colombo, where participants will receive market briefings and participate in customized meetings with key officials and potential partners, the ITA said. Trade mission participants will also have the option to participate in additional stops in Bangalore and Hyderabad, where Commercial Service offices can arrange meetings with private sector developers/partners and state/local government officials. Recruitment for the mission will begin immediately and conclude no later than Nov. 30. The ITA said it will begin to review applications and make selection decisions beginning in December 2012.

The International Trade Administration pushed back the dates for the upcoming oil and gas trade mission to Israel to by one day to Oct. 28-Nov. 1 to “accommodate schedules and traditions,” it said in a Federal Register notice set for publication Aug. 14. The ITA changed the agenda accordingly, which now includes visits to the ports of Ashdod and Haifa, among other things.

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 10:

A new Foreign-Trade Zone will be established at PortMiami, said Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Paul Piquado. He said the new FTZ will give Florida businesses "a powerful new tool." The PortMiami FTZ stretches north from Southwest Eighth Street to the Broward County line, and will be among the first to operate under new, streamlined processes, officials said.

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for August 3:

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for August 2:

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for August 1:

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for July 31:

The International Trade Administration is requesting input by Aug. 17 from companies interested in being listed in the U.S. Environmental Solutions Toolkit. Specifically, the companies should be capable of exporting their goods or services relevant to (a) groundwater remediation; (b) mercury emissions control from power plants; (c) emissions control from large marine diesel engines; and (d) nutrient removal from municipal wastewater. The toolkit will be used by foreign environmental officials and foreign end-users of environmental technologies and will outline U.S. approaches to a series of environmental problems and highlight participating U.S. vendors of relevant U.S. technologies. Exporters interested in being listed on the toolkit website are encouraged to submit their company’s name, website address, contact information, and environmental category of interest.

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for July 30: