The Commerce Department set the 12-month 2016 value-added tariff preference level for certain apparel imported directly from Haiti (HTS 9820.61.25 for entry specific claims or 9820.61.30 for aggregate claims) eligible to receive duty-free treatment under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership for Encouragement Act (HOPE) (here). For the one-year period beginning on Dec. 20, 2015 and extending through Dec. 19, 2016, the recalculated quantity of imports eligible for preferential treatment under the value-added TPL is 350,962,661square meters equivalent (SME), an increase of nearly 20 million SME over 2015 levels. Apparel articles entered in excess of this TPL will be subject to otherwise applicable duty rates.
The Commerce Department is seeking public comments "to identify those sectors where cooperative work will yield the most benefits for bilateral trade" with India, it said in a notice (here). The input will help produce recommendations for the U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, it said. Comments are due Feb. 12.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Dec. 10:
The Commerce Department has announced the following trade missions:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Dec. 9:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Dec. 4:
The International Trade Administration released another set of product-specific analyses for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, outlining export opportunities the pact provides to U.S. textiles, technology and metals sectors. This batch follows the release of similar reports on the impacts to various industries. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker pledged to roll out more than a dozen such reports (see 1511130012). TPP’s slashed duties are poised to boost U.S. exports of textiles and apparel (here), as well as information and communication technology (here) and metals and ores (here), the reports say.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Dec. 1:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Nov. 30:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Nov. 25: