The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports that trade using surface transportation between the U.S., and Canada/Mexico was 37% higher in March 2010 than in March 2009, reaching $69.9 billion. However, freight value in March 2010 still remained 1.2 percent less than the value in March 2008, two years earlier.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice announcing the opportunity for interested parties to request administrative reviews by June 30, 2010 for the following antidumping duty orders and suspension agreement.
On June 1, 2010, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano visited Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to meet with her counterparts from the Middle East region and officials from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to discuss ways to bolster global aviation security.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted a new guidance regarding requests for reconsideration and/or clarification of a proviso imposed on a DSP license.
On June 1, 2010, the President transmitted a report to Congress, under section 804(a) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, which transmits his designations of the following five foreign individuals as appropriate for sanctions under the Kingpin Act and reports his direction of sanctions against them under the Act: Haji Agha Jan Alizai (Afghanistan), Haji Bando (Afghanistan), Ousmane Conte (Guinea), Sergio Enrique Villarreal Barragan (Mexico), and Mohamed Bachir Suleman (Mozambique).
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued updated version of its list of Brazil (May 28, 2010) establishments eligible to export meat and poultry to the U.S.
On May 31, 2010, APHIS updated its Cut Flowers and Greenery Import Manual. The manual provides the background, procedures, and reference tables for regulating the fresh, cut portion of the plant when it is imported for decoration or ornamentation, and for protecting plants that are threatened with extinction due to trade in those plants or their derivatives.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is announcing that it notified U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on April 22, 2010, that effective immediately APHIS veterinary services has placed temporary restrictions on certain commodities from Japan due to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), based on notifications from Japan of an outbreak in cattle that is consistent with FMD.