The International Trade Administration has issued a notice announcing the opportunity for interested parties to request administrative reviews by June 30, 2010 for the following antidumping duty orders and suspension agreement.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports that trade using surface transportation between the U.S., and Canada/Mexico was 37% higher in March 2010 than in March 2009, reaching $69.9 billion. However, freight value in March 2010 still remained 1.2 percent less than the value in March 2008, two years earlier.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted a new guidance regarding requests for reconsideration and/or clarification of a proviso imposed on a DSP license.
On May 21, 2010, the Foreign Agricultural Service has issued a Commodity Intelligence Report containing 2010/11 Crop Production Forecasts and Analyst Reports for Ukraine grain and oilseeds.
On May 31, 2010, APHIS updated its Cut Flowers and Greenery Import Manual. The manual provides the background, procedures, and reference tables for regulating the fresh, cut portion of the plant when it is imported for decoration or ornamentation, and for protecting plants that are threatened with extinction due to trade in those plants or their derivatives.
On June 1, 2010, the President transmitted a report to Congress, under section 804(a) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, which transmits his designations of the following five foreign individuals as appropriate for sanctions under the Kingpin Act and reports his direction of sanctions against them under the Act: Haji Agha Jan Alizai (Afghanistan), Haji Bando (Afghanistan), Ousmane Conte (Guinea), Sergio Enrique Villarreal Barragan (Mexico), and Mohamed Bachir Suleman (Mozambique).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has placed temporary restrictions on the importation of sexually intact bovines (cattle and bison) from British Columbia. These restrictions are based on recent importations of three cows from the province found to be reactors for brucellosis on slaughter testing.