The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective June 28, 2010, which amends the Export Administration Regulations to revise the Commerce Control List.
The World Trade Organization’s June 2010 Trade Policy Review for China praised certain aspects of China’s recent trade policy, called for continued improvement in areas such as transparency, intellectual property rights, and the reduction of regulatory and other barriers, and noted the major trade developments since its last review.
In a test case Honda Of America Mfg., Inc., v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Court of International Trade’s judgment that certain oil bolts containing cross-sectional holes designed to permit brake or transmission fluids to flow through without leaking are properly classified under HTS 7318.15.80 (as other screws…), at 8.5 percent ad valorem duty rate and not as a part or accessory of motor vehicle under HTS 8708 or 8714.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective June 4, 2010, which clarifies language concerning the de minimis provisions of the Export Administration Regulations and nuclear proliferation controls for certain turning machines, among other things.
The following are highlights of the trade-related provisions of the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213, aka the Tax Extenders Act), as summarized by the House Ways and Means Committee. H.R. 4213 may be voted on by the House as early as May 25, 2010.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has rescheduled its vote on the draft proposed rule on component testing and the draft proposed "15 Month" rule on testing and labeling for product certification from April 21 until April 28, 2010. (CPSC calendar, updated 04/19/10, available at http://www.cpsc.gov/calendar.html)
The Maritime Administration has issued a final rule, effective April 9, 2010, which adopts, with a few changes, the interim final rule on the Marine Highway Program for cargo.1
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the January and February 2010 Trade Support Network monthly activity reports, which summarize the activity of all of the TSN Committees and Subcommittees for those months.
The Freight Transportation Services Index rose 0.4 percent in January from its December 2009 level, rising after the index was unchanged in December, the DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports. The index measures the output of the for-hire freight transportation industry and consists of data from for-hire trucking, rail, inland waterways, pipelines and air freight. (Press release, dated 03/10/10 available at http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2010/bts011_10/html/bts011_10.html)