Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating five-year Sunset Reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders:
The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into the effects of market access measures and conditions of competition for U.S. agricultural exports to China. The investigation, China’s Agricultural Trade: Competitive Conditions and Effects on U.S. Exports, was requested by the Senate Finance Committee on April 1, 2010.
The International Trade Administration is issuing antidumping duty orders on polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCBs) from Indonesia and Taiwan (A-560-822 and A-583-843).
The Food Safety Inspection Service is announcing the 2010 Meat and Poultry Inspection Seminars for International Officials. Seminars on U.S. inspection regulations and procedures will be held on the following dates/locations: May 18 - Jun 4, 2010 Mayaguez, PR, Aug 9 - Aug 20, 2010 Washington, DC, and Sep 13 - Oct 1, 2010 Washington, DC. (Schedule available at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/2010_Meat_&_Poultry_Inspection_Seminars/index.asp )
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted an April 2010 Overview of the toxicity of dialkyl ortho-phthalates (O-DAPs), a class comprising about 30 commercial products. The overview is accompanied by detailed staff toxicity reviews of the six banned phthalates, as well as a contractor's report summarizing the toxicity of five phthalate substitutes. (Overview, posted 04/16/10, available at http://www.cpsc.gov/ABOUT/Cpsia/phthalover.pdf)
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice announcing the opportunity for interested parties to request administrative reviews by June 1, 2010 for the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders.