On May 31, 2010, APHIS updated its Cut Flowers and Greenery Import Manual. The manual provides the background, procedures, and reference tables for regulating the fresh, cut portion of the plant when it is imported for decoration or ornamentation, and for protecting plants that are threatened with extinction due to trade in those plants or their derivatives.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice announcing the opportunity for interested parties to request administrative reviews by June 30, 2010 for the following antidumping duty orders and suspension agreement.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Maytag Corporation, have announced a voluntary recall of 1.7 million Maytag®, Amana®, Jenn-Air®, Admiral®, Magic Chef®, Performa by Maytag® and Crosley® brand dishwashers with plastic tubs and certain serial numbers due to a fire hazard.
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
On June 1, 2010, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano visited Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to meet with her counterparts from the Middle East region and officials from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to discuss ways to bolster global aviation security.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued updated version of its list of Brazil (May 28, 2010) establishments eligible to export meat and poultry to the U.S.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted a new guidance regarding requests for reconsideration and/or clarification of a proviso imposed on a DSP license.
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.”
On June 1, 2010, the President transmitted a report to Congress, under section 804(a) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, which transmits his designations of the following five foreign individuals as appropriate for sanctions under the Kingpin Act and reports his direction of sanctions against them under the Act: Haji Agha Jan Alizai (Afghanistan), Haji Bando (Afghanistan), Ousmane Conte (Guinea), Sergio Enrique Villarreal Barragan (Mexico), and Mohamed Bachir Suleman (Mozambique).