The State Department has issued a proposed rule to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations to change the requirements for the return of electronic export licenses (DSP-5) in order to reduce the administrative burden on those currently required to do so.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
Mexico's Diario Oficial of July 14, 2011 lists a notice from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The Office of Textiles and Apparel has issued monthly reports containing official May 2011 trade data from the Census Bureau for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. These messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of chlorinated isocyanurates from China (A-570-898) for four companies, one of which has a proposed AD rate of zero. The remaining three companies could have new estimated AD cash deposit rates of 20.54% - 137.69%.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand (A-549-822). The review sets the AD cash deposit rates for two mandatory respondents and 140 separate rate respondents. The AD rates, which are officially effective July 12, 2011, are expected to be implemented by CBP soon.
On July 11, 2011, President Obama issued Executive Order 13579 and a memorandum to independent regulatory agencies urging them to comply with EO 13563 of January 2011 by producing their own plans to reassess and streamline existing regulations. The new EO also urges them to follow the cost-saving, burden-reducing principles outlined in the January EO for regulations going forward.
As part of its implementation of Executive Order 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," the Department of Energy announces the availability of its preliminary plan for retrospective analysis of existing rules to make DOE’s regulatory program more effective and less burdensome in achieving its regulatory objectives. Comments on the preliminary plan are due by August 1, 2011.