On May 26, 2010, APHIS updated its Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Import PPQ Manual. The manual lists by country fruits and vegetables that are admissible into the United States. It includes a description of methods for sampling and inspecting selected fruits and vegetables. It also contains pictorial identification guides, and a glossary for common and scientific names of fruits and vegetables.
FSIS has issued the following notice:
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that certain potassium phosphate salts from China (A-570-962) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
On May 27, 2010, APHIS updated its Postentry Quarantine PPQ Manual for State Inspectors. This manual covers procedures for conducting PEQ tasks beginning with the request to approve a growing site and ending with the release or refusal of the plant material.
The Foreign Trade Zone Board has issued a memorandum1 stating that the deferred and possibly reduced duty benefits provided by the FTZ Act2 for imported merchandise admitted into a FTZ for use as production equipment begins when the FTZ manufacturing/processing application is pending approval.
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a notice that lists those applying for ocean transportation intermediary licenses as a non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC), ocean freight forwarder (FF) or NVOCC/FF OTI, as follows:
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain potassium phosphate salts from China (C-570-963).
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a notice announcing the Order revoking the following ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) licenses are being rescinded:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.