The Commerce Department is changing the dates for its trade promotion mission to Peru in November for exporters of renewable energy and energy efficiency goods and services. The trip is now scheduled for Nov. 4-5, and will be led by an "executive" Commerce Department official, it said. Applications are due Sept. 15, according to the original announcement (see 14051616).
The Port of Houston Authority has submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 84 under the Alternative Site Framework, said the FTZ Board in a Federal Register notice. Under the reorganization, the service area would cover Harris County, Texas. The Alternative Site Framework streamlines processes for designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within the service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on the application are due by Oct. 6.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule, mostly effective Aug. 7, to implement licensing changes for nuclear products in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The final rule removes the license requirements for certain items controlled for nonproliferation reasons in order to comply with the results of a number of Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary summits since 2005. The final rule also adds Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico and Serbia as parties to the NSG.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 4:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 1:
Prince George's County, Maryland has submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 63 under the Alternative Site Framework, said the FTZ Board in a Federal Register notice. Under the reorganization, the service area would cover Prince George's County. The Alternative Site Framework streamlines processes for designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within the service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on the application are due by Oct. 3.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is revising the Commerce Control List to implement recent changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement’s List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies. The rule is largely effective on Aug. 4, while some provisions take effect on Aug. 30. The EAR provisions comply with the list changes established during a December 2013 Wassenaar plenary meeting (see 13121801). The Wassenaar list changes cover a wide swathe of commodities, including instrumentation tape recorders and digital computers.
The Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security amended the Export Administration Regulations to remove temporary controls on biosensor systems and related “software” and “technology” under the Commerce Control List's 0Y521 Series. Items can only be placed in ECCN 0Y521 for controlled items not listed elsewhere on the Commerce Control List for one year before BIS has to either set permanent controls or end controls on the item (see 12041302). BIS took no action to permanently classify biosensor systems on the CCL, so they became EAR99 items in March 2014. This final rule is effective Aug. 4.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security amended the Export Administration Regulations to add 16 individuals and entities under 19 entries to the Entity List. The individuals and entities are listed under Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, Iran, and United Arab Emirates destinations. The final rule, effective Aug. 1, adds the following individuals and entities to the Entity List:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for July 31: