The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 18 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
On May 18 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Department of Agriculture is increasing the fiscal year 2016 tariff rate quota for raw cane sugar by 127,006 metric tons raw value, it said (here). The increase brings the total FY 2016 TRQ, originally set at the 1,117,195 MTRV minimum mandated by the World Trade Organization (see 1506150017), to 1,244,201 MTRV, said USDA. Raw cane sugar under this quota must be accompanied by a certificate for quota eligibility and may be entered until Sept. 30, 2016, it said. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allocate the increase among supplying countries and customs areas.
On May 17 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 16-17 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
On May 16 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced on May 13 (here) its intention to recognize Malta as free of swine vesicular disease, African swine fever, foot-and-mouth disease, and rinderpest, and low risk for classical swine fever. If these determinations are finalized, APHIS may loosen restrictions on the importation of pork and pork products from Malta. Comments are due July 12.
On May 13 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Special Import Quota #14 for upland cotton that will be established on May 19, allowing importation of 14,130,218 kilograms (64,899 bales) of upland cotton (here). It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Aug. 23 and entered into the U.S. by Nov. 21. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally-adjusted average rate for the period January through March, the most recent three months for which data are available.
On May 12 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: