BIS Seeking Comments on Information Collection for Certain Short Supply Activities
The Bureau of Industry and Security is seeking comments on an information collection related to certain “rarely used” short supply activities, the agency said in a notice. The first activity allows U.S. agricultural exporters to register for exemptions from “short…
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supply limitations on export,” and the second activity includes a petition to impose monitoring or controls on recyclable metallic materials. Under the EAR, BIS said U.S.-origin agricultural goods purchased “by or for use in a foreign country and stored” in the U.S. to be later exported may voluntarily be registered with BIS “for exemption from any quantitative limitations on export that may subsequently be imposed under the EAR for reasons of short supply.” BIS previously requested comments Jan. 15 and is extending the comment period for an additional 30 days. Comments are now due by July 26.