The following are details of H.R. 4805, the ”Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act” which the House Energy and Commerce Committee ordered favorably reported1 on May 26, 2010.
On May 25, 2010, Representative Owens (D) introduced H.R. 5375, the Customs De Minimis Adjustment Act of 2010, which would allow the de minimis limit for duty-free entry to be increased.
"Daily Update on Capitol Hill Trade Actions" is a daily International Trade Today compilation of the most relevant legislation, hearings, and actions by Congress involving international trade. The following are brief summaries of recent Capitol Hill actions:
The Food and Drug Administration requests comments on the draft second edition of its guidance, “Questions and Answers Regarding the Reportable Food Registry as Established by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (Edition 2),” which provides further information to the industry in complying with RFR requirements and on the new Safety Reporting Portal.
On May 13, 2010, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 2480, the Truth in Fur Labeling Act of 2009.
The Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided the following antidumping and countervailing duty law cases in the second half of April 2010.
The International Trade Administration is issuing a countervailing duty order on polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCBs) from Vietnam (C-552-805).
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following countervailing duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of polyethylene retails carrier bags (PRCBs) from Vietnam.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of polyethylene retail carrier bags from Indonesia and Vietnam, and in the countervailing duty investigation for Vietnam.