DOC: BIS Eliminates Many Paper Documents; FTZB Applications; More Time for Input on Illegal Fishing; Foreign Regulatory Changes
April 6 , 2010
World Trade/Interactive
BIS Eliminates Many Paper Documents. The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule that, effective May 5, will enable it to eliminate the paper versions of most export and re-export licenses, notices of denial of license applications, notices of return of a license application without action, notices of results of classification requests, license exception AGR notification results, and encryption review request results. This rule also changes certain recordkeeping requirements associated with the elimination of paper documents.
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FTZB Receives Two Applications, Extends Comment Period on Another. The Foreign-Trade Zones Board is seeking comments by June 4 on the following applications.
• The Casper/Natrona County International Airport, grantee of FTZ 157, is requesting authority to expand this zone to include the Casper Logistics Hub in Casper, Wyo. This site will be used to provide logistics, warehousing and distribution services to area businesses, and no specific manufacturing authority is being requested at this time.
• The Georgia Foreign–Trade Zone Inc., grantee of FTZ 26, is requesting authority to expand this zone and reorganize under the alternative site framework. The grantee’s proposed service area under the ASF would include numerous counties in Georgia.
In addition, the FTZB has extended to April 29 the period for public comments on an application to reorganize FTZ 113 in Ellis County, Texas, under the alternative site framework.
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Deadline for Information on Illegal Fishing Extended. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has extended to April 23 the deadline for submitting information regarding nations whose vessels are engaged in illegal, unregulated or unreported fishing or bycatch of protected living marine resources. This information will be reviewed in the preparation of NOAA’s second biennial report identifying nations for IUU fishing pursuant to the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act. Nations identified for IUU fishing that are not certified by NOAA as taking appropriate corrective actions could face denial of port privileges in the U.S., prohibitions on the importation of certain fish and fish products into the U.S. and other appropriate measures. Such nations may also be required to submit documentation of admissibility with fish or fish products not subject to the import restrictions that are offered for entry into the U.S.
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Foreign Regulatory Changes That Could Affect U.S. Exports. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the WTO has been notified by the following countries of proposed regulatory changes that may affect U.S. exports of the products indicated. More detailed information on the nature of the proposed changes can be accessed on the NIST Web site.
• Canada – radiocommunication equipment
• Peru – parts suitable for use solely or principally with engines of heading 8407 or 8408;
equipment for conversion of the fuel system of motor vehicles to run on gas fuel; taps, cocks,
valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-
reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves; pressure-reducing valves; check (non-
return) valves; iron or steel containers for compressed or liquefied gas
• Colombia – fertilizers and soil conditioners
• Mexico – containers, packaging and intermediate bulk containers; portable tanks for transporting hazardous substances, materials and waste
• Trinidad and Tobago – personal grooming appliance
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