U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing that the U.S. intends to initiate free trade negotiations with Thailand. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/18/04 news, 04021820, for BP summary of USTR's press release announcing its Congressional notification of this intention.)
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to the Office of Textiles and Apparel's (OTEXA's) Web site the text of the Vietnam Electronic Visa Information System (ELVIS) and Textile Visa Arrangement (ELVIS Arrangement)which was signed by the U.S. and Vietnam on February 19, 2004.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has scheduled the next Customs Broker Licensure Examination for Monday, April 5, 2004.
On February 26, 2004, the White House announced that in recognition of Libya's concrete steps toward repudiating weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and to build a foundation for Libya's economic growth and reintegration into the international community, the U.S. will take the following steps (partial list): (a) the restriction on the use of U.S. passports for travel to Libya has been rescinded; (b) the Treasury Department will issue a general license on February 26, 2004 for all travel-related expenditures in Libya; (c) U.S. companies with pre-sanctions holdings in Libya will be authorized as of February 26, 2004 to negotiate the terms of their re-entry into operations in Libya, subject to certain requirements; (d) etc. According to the White House announcement, as Libya continues to take steps that will lead to the dismantling of WMD and Missile Technology Control Regime- (MCTR)-class missiles programs and adheres to the renunciation of terrorism, the U.S. will continuously evaluate the range of bilateral sanctions that remain in place relating to Libya. (White House statement, dated 02/26/04, available at www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/print/20040226-1.html.)
| The development of a national animal identification plan | 03/04/04 | Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion; Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry |
| Proposed budget estimates for fiscal year (FY) 2005 for the Department of Commerce | 03/02/04 | Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary; Senate Committee on Appropriations |
| Proposed budget estimates for FY 2005 for science and technology programs, information analysis, and infrastructure protection | 03/02/04 | Subcommittee on Homeland Security; Senate Committee on Appropriations |
| Current status of federal efforts to coordinate and combat money laundering and terrorist financing | 03/04/04 | Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control |
| Inspector General | 03/03/04 | Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies; House Committee on Appropriations |
| Secretary of State | 03/03/04 | Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary and Related Agencies; House Committee on Appropriations |
| Secretary of Transportation | 03/03/04 | Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies; House Committee on Appropriations |
| Marketing and Regulatory Programs | 03/04/04 | Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies; House Committee on Appropriations |
| Secretary of Homeland Security | 03/04/04 | Subcommittee on Homeland Security; House Committee on Appropriations |
| Fish and Wildlife Service | 03/04/04 | Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies; House Committee on Appropriations |
| \"America's New Welcome Mat: A Look at the Goals and Challenges of the US-VISIT Program\" | 03/04/04 | House Committee on Government Reform |
| U.S. Priorities in Europe | 03/03/04 | Subcommittee on Europe; House Committee on International Relations |
| U.S. Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003 | 03/02/04 | House Committee on Rules |
| U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Maritime Commission FY 2005 Budget Requests and the Coast Guard Authorization Act for FY 2005 | 03/04/04 | Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation; House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
| \"The Department of Homeland Security's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Budget Proposal for FY 2005\" | 03/04/04 | Subcommittees on Intelligence and Counterterrorism and Infrastructure and Border Security; House Select Committee on Homeland Security |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message announcing a change in format on the Automated Commercial System (ACS) Reconciliation Prototype Line Item Spreadsheet for reporting changes in the merchandise processing fee (MPF).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review to consider revoking the AD duty order on industrial nitrocellulose from Brazil, due to a December 31, 2003 request to revoke the order by Nitro Quimica Brasileira (Nitro Quimica), a Brazilian exporter of subject merchandise and an interested party in this proceeding.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice regarding the visa and Certificate of Origin/Eligibility numbers for the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement's (SFTA's) tariff preference level (TPL) for certain cotton or man-made fiber (MMF) apparel.