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Aug, 07, 2017
On August 3, 2017, the Department of Commerce announced the initiation of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of cast iron soil pipe fittings from China. The items covered by these investigations are cast iron soil pipe fittings, finished and unfinished, regardless of industry or proprietary specifications, and regardless of size. Cast iron soil pipe fittings are nonmalleable iron castings of various designs and sizes, including, but not limited to, bends, tees, wyes, traps, drains, and other common or special fittings, with or without side inlets.
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Aug, 07, 2017
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC), in an August 3 release, has determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from Brazil, Korea, Mexico, and Poland that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value.
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Aug, 07, 2017
On December 2, 2015, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published their final rule "Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the order Siluriformes and Products Rerived from Such Fish" (80 FR 75590) that established a mandatory inspection program for fish of the order of Siluriformes and for products derived from these fish, including imported fish products. Starting August 2, all imported shipments of Siluriformes fish/fish products are required to be presented for reinspection by FSIS. A list of the official import inspection establishments that handle Siluriformes can be found here. Please note, not all meat inspection facilities can handle this. It needs to be in your Grant of Inspection.
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Jul, 31, 2017
While we have seen the amount of solicitations decrease precipitously in the last month, some members have reported receiving unwanted emails from a select few email addresses. We are continuing our investigation into the cause of these emails and we'd ask people take additional steps to protect themselves against solicitations and attacks.
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Jul, 24, 2017
NAFTA renegotiation suddenly became very real this week, with the formal release of the Administration's negotiating objectives and a House Ways and Means hearing to focus attention on the upcoming talks which are scheduled to begin August 16. The first round will be held in Washington, DC. Within the trade community, the U.S. Trade Representative's Negotiating Objectives document was greeted with a sigh of relief.
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Jul, 17, 2017
FMC Commissioner Rebecca Dye launched the second phase of the agency's Supply Chain Innovation Teams initiative. Phase two will focus on identifying the "actionable" information needed by supply chain actors for improved supply chain system visibility, reliability and resilience.
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Jul, 10, 2017
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Jul, 03, 2017
Scheduled for shutdown in the wake of the July 8 primary deployment of core trade processing capabilities in ACE, CBP's ABI Query for Foreign Currency Rates service got a reprieve when CBP postponed the ACE deployment last week. This is welcome news to the trade as numerous industry voices had sought continuation of the service, which provides daily foreign currency exchange rate information in easily downloadable EXCEL and PDF formats. However, it is unclear how long the service will remain available.
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Jun, 26, 2017
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Jun, 19, 2017
NCBFAA responded to a request for comments from the US Trade Representative on the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation, focusing on such association priorities as duty drawback. NAFTA Article 303 places restrictions on the use of drawback. "Duty drawback is a valuable export promotion program," wrote NCBFAA President Geoff Powell. "Goods exported to Mexico and Canada from other countries with which Mexico and Canada have FTAs receive better treatment...than do U.S. U.S. exporters, creating an unfair playing field for U.S. manufacturers, exporters and workers."
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