The National Marine Fisheries Service is formally withdrawing its proposal to create a “Commerce Trusted Trader Program” for seafood importers, it said in a notice released Sept. 17. NMFS says comments revealed that the agency had underestimated the costs to participate in the program, which would have provided the benefit of reduced entry filing requirements under the NMFS Seafood Import Monitoring Program (see 1801160041). Revised agency cost estimates showed that the internal controls required by importers would exceed the benefits they would receive from the trusted trader program, with the exception of a few very large importers. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokeswoman had said in July that the agency would not move forward with the program (see 1907290022). NMFS is an office of NOAA within the Commerce Department.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for Sept. 17:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for Sept. 14:
The Commerce Department will expand steel import licensing requirements to cover more steel products and require more information to be submitted to obtain the licenses, it said in a final rule released Sept. 10. The rule also indefinitely extends the expiration date of the Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system, which had previously been renewed every four years and was set to expire in 2022, by removing provisions on the program’s expiration from the regulations. The rule takes effect Oct. 13.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for Sept. 9:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for Sept. 1:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for Aug. 28:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for Aug.19-25:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for Aug. 18:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for Aug. 13: