On July 7, 2010, the President signed into law S. 16601, the “Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act,” which establishes national air emission standards for formaldehyde in domestic and imported composite wood products.
The International Trade Administration is initiating and issuing the preliminary results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam.
The Court of International Trade (CIT) and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) made the following antidumping and countervailing duty law determinations in the second half of June 2010.
Fifty-two organizations have issued a second consensus statement which further develops their views and recommendations on making the Lacey Act declaration for imported plants and plant products more “business friendly”.
The U.S. Trade Representative has issued a press release announcing the outcome of the 2009 Generalized System of Preferences Product and Country Eligibility Practices Review (2009 Annual GSP Review). The USTR has also issued a set of tables containing the review results.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review of certain pasta from Italy for the period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued an interim final rule, which effective June 25, 2010, modified the requirements for License Exception ENC (Encryption Commodities, Software and Technology) and for qualifying an encryption item as mass market. The rule also amended specific license requirements for encryption items.
The following are details of S. 1660, the “Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act” which the Senate passed as an amendment in the nature of a substitute1 on June 14, 2010.
On June 8, 2010, the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee met to discuss a variety of export-related issues, including:
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.