On Dec. 13 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Dec. 12 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Dec. 9-10 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Special Import Quota #12 for upland cotton will be established on Dec. 15, allowing importation of 13,866,053 kilograms (63,686 bales) (here), down from 14,034,414 kilograms (64,459 bales) in previous quota periods (see 1611250009). It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than March 14, 2017, and entered into the U.S. by June 12, 2017. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period August through October, the most recent three months for which data are available.
On Dec. 8 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Dec. 7 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 Dec. 7 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Dec. 6 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 Dec. 6 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to require that importers of certain potatoes, tomatoes and onions electronically file inspection certificates issued by non-federal and federal-state inspection services, it said (here). Currently the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is the only non-federal or federal-state service authorized to inspect, so the change only affects CFIA certificates for now, AMS said. If an importer is unable to enter the CFIA inspection information electronically, the importer would be required to provide a copy of the certificate to AMS via email, mail or fax, the agency said. AMS is also proposing to amend the pistachio import regulations to provide for the electronic filing of aflatoxin test results, among other changes, it said. Comments are due Jan. 5.