The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued its civil penalties enforcement information for June 3, 2010. KLM Cargo was assessed $5,336.26 for violating the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations.

The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of drill pipe from China.

The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

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.” The data listed below is current as of June 4, 2010.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has announced the conclusion of the 2010 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting that was held in Sapporo, Japan on June 5-6, 2010.

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted a report entitled "End-Use Monitoring of Defense Articles and Defense Services Commercial Exports FY 2008," which describes actions taken by the Department of State during fiscal year 2008 to implement the “Blue Lantern” end-use monitoring program.

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services Lamb-Hale highlighted the importance of supply chain efficiency in supporting the President’s National Export Initiative at the June 4, 2010 opening of a new cement plant in Bloomsdale, Mo., which will make the material needed to build the roads, buildings, and other structures that will make the U.S. productive.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has posted notice to the motor carrier industry and the public of regulatory guidance and policy changes regarding the retention of supporting documents and the use of electronic mobile communication/tracking technology in assessing motor carriers’ and commercial motor vehicle drivers’ compliance with the hours of service regulations. According to FMCSA, this change in policy will take effect 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register. Written comments are due by July 9, 2010.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service has released a draft document¹ on U.S. positions for the 33rd session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC or Codex)² in Switzerland in July 2010. The document was discussed during FSIS’ June 8, 2010 public meeting seeking comment on the draft U.S. positions.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall: