The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for June 19:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for June 16:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for June 15:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for June 13:
The canned food industry on June 12 urged President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to exclude tinplate steel from tariffs or other restrictions on such imports that could be taken pursuant to Commerce’s ongoing Section 232 steel investigation, the Can Manufacturers Institute said in a press release (here). Almost 20 groups representing the canned food industry asked the administration to exempt tinplate steel because it isn’t used in defense or national security applications. Tariffs or trade barriers would harshly impact those on governmental food assistance and diminish the value of taxpayer-funded federal food assistance programs, the release says. The White House and Commerce didn’t immediately comment. Commerce is expected to finish its Section 232 investigation this month (see 1705240034).
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for June 9:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for June 8:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for June 7:
The Commerce Department is extending by 24 hours a midnight deadline for concluding an agreement with Mexico to avoid the resumption of antidumping and countervailing duties on Mexican sugar, the department announced (here). “The two sides have come together in quite meaningful ways, but there remain a few technical details to work out,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement. “We are quite optimistic that our two nations are on the precipice of an agreement we can all support, and so have decided that a short extension of the deadline is in everyone’s best interest.” Duties have been suspended since Dec. 29, 2014, after Commerce and the Mexican government signed an agreement (see 1412240020). Imports of Mexican sugar are currently subject to minimum prices and maximum export quantities. Commerce said in May letters to the Mexican government that it would assess duties on sugar if no deal were reached by June 5.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for June 2: