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US – President proclaims 2017 HTS and FTA staging rates

By 2 Mins Read

On January 2, 2016, the Federal Register published Proclamation 9549 of December 1, 2016 – To Modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and for Other Purposes. The Proclamation modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) to implement the 2017 Harmonized System revisions adopted by the WCO.  The actual modifications are incorporated by reference from Annex I of U.S. International Trade Commission Publication 4653 titled, ‘‘Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Under Section 1206 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988.’’  

US – State certifies shrimp harvesting nations

By 2 Mins Read

  On May 26, 2016, the Department of State published in the Federal Register a document [Public Notice: 9584] announcing that on May 3, 2016, it certified that 14 shrimp-harvesting nations (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, and Suriname) have a regulatory program comparable to that of the United States governing the incidental taking of the relevant species of sea turtles in the course of commercial shrimp…

US – CITA makes determination on CAFTA-DR commercial availability

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  On May 17, 2016, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) published in the Federal Register a determination that certain warp stretch woven rayon blend fabrics, as specified in the Federal Register document, are not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA-DR countries. The products will be added to the list in Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR Agreement in unrestricted quantities. 

US – Government Procurement: DFARS Trade Agreements thresholds set

By 2 Mins Read

  On December 30, 2015, the Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD) published in the Federal Register a final rule [Docket DARS–2015–0066] amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to incorporate increased thresholds for application of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and the Free Trade Agreements, as determined by the United States Trade Representative (USTR).  Every two years, the trade agreements thresholds are escalated according to a predetermined formula set forth in the…

US – USTR publishes TAA thresholds for CY 2016-2017

By 3 Mins Read

  On December 15, 2015, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice of determination of procurement thresholds for calendar years 2016 and 2017. Executive Order 12260 requires the USTR to set the U.S. dollar thresholds for application of Title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2511 et seq.), which implements U.S. trade agreement obligations, including those under the WTO Agreement on Government…

US – USTR determines there is a trade surplus in certain sugar products

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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…

US – Import restrictions extended on certain categories of archaeological material from El Salvador

By 2 Mins Read

On March 6, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of the Treasury published in the Federal Register a final rule [CBP Dec. 15-05] amending the CBP regulations to reflect the extension of import restrictions on certain categories of archaeological material from the Pre-Hispanic cultures of El Salvador. The restrictions, which were originally imposed by Treasury Decision (T.D.) 95-20 and previously extended by T.D. 00-16, CBP…

EU revises lists of GSP and GSP+ eligible beneficiary countries

By 2 Mins Read

On 27 September 2014, the Official Journal published Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1015/2014 of 22 July 2014 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences, and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 154/2013 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1016/2014 of 22 July 2014 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of…

US – State announces meeting on CAFTA-DR Chapter 17 (Environment)

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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)…

US – USTR requests comments on 2013 Special 301 out-of-cycle review of El Salvador

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On November 22, 2013, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a request for written submissions from the public [Docket No. USTR–2013–0038] concerning any act, policy, or practice that is relevant to the decision regarding whether El Salvador should be identified under Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2242). Section 182 of the Trade Act requires USTR to identify countries that deny adequate…