On December 11, 2015, the Office of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice of its determination of the trade surplus in certain sugar and syrup goods and sugar containing products of Chile, Morocco, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia, and Panama. As described in the notice, the level of a country’s trade surplus in these goods relates to the quantity of sugar and syrup goods…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that on December 7, 2015, the United States signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) with the Dominican Republic that allows for a stronger collaboration between the two countries in securing the global supply chain and recognizes the compatibility between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and the Dominican Republic’s Authorized Economic Operator Program. CBP Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske signed the arrangement on behalf of the United States and…
On May 28, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that CBP Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske and the Dominican Republic’s Director General (DG) for Customs, Juan Fernando Fernández, signed a Joint Work Plan (JWP) toward Mutual Recognition that allows stronger collaboration between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and the Dominican Republic’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program. The signing was held during the CBP International Conference in Crystal City, Virginia. The JWP outlines the…
On February 24, 2015, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to provide written comments in connection with the USITC’s sixth annual review evaluating the effectiveness of Earned Import Allowance Program (EIAP) for certain apparel from the Dominican Republic. The EIAP authorizes certain apparel articles wholly assembled in the Dominican Republic to enter the United States free of duty if accompanied by a certificate that shows…
On March 19, 2014, the US Department of State (State) published in the Federal Register a notification of the Eighth Meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and request for comments [Public Notice: 8661]. State and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) are providing notice that the parties to the CAFTA-DR intend to hold the eighth meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council (Council)…
On August 27, 2013, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) published in the Federal Register a determination to add a product in unrestricted quantities to Annex 3.25 (commercial availability provision) of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). CITA has determined that certain polyester/nylon cut corduroy fabric (HTS: 5801.32.0000), as specified in the determination, is not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA-DR countries. The product…