The Commerce Department announced it will lead a trade promotion mission to Peru in November for exporters of renewable energy and energy efficiency goods and services. During the trip, U.S. exporters will meet with Peruvian officials to discuss ways to grow Peru’s renewable energy and energy efficiency market, said Commerce. The trade mission will occur in the run up to the annual meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which will be held in Peru in December. Applications are due Sept. 15.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 15:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 14:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 12:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 7:
The raw trade data released by the Census Bureau on May 6 (here) includes “re-exports” of goods, according to advocacy group Public Citizen in a press release, but still reveals a more than $4 billion U.S. deficit with South Korea for the first three months of 2014. The 2013 deficit increased nearly $8 billion from 2011, the year prior to implementation of the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement. The 2014 figures suggest the deficit will fall short of the 2013 figures by roughly $4 billion. “Re-exports” are goods that transit through the U.S., but undergo no manufacturing or value added in the country. The U.S. International Trade Commission will vet the figures and determine data free “re-exports" by the end of the week, according to Public Citizen. The advocacy group regularly criticizes the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative for using raw figures in order to mask larger deficits.
The Commerce Department issued its quarterly update to its annual list of foreign government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty that were imported during the period Oct. 1, 2013, through Dec. 31, 2013.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 6:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 5:
The Four Winds Foreign Trade Zone Corporation filed an application for a new foreign-trade zone in the eastern Coachella Valley, California, said the FTZ Board in a May 6 notice. The proposed FTZ would include portions of Riverside and Imperial Counties. It would be the second FTZ for the Calexico CBP Port of Entry, says the FTZ Board. Comments on the proposed FTZ are due July 7.