In the United States the following events have taken place under the several PGA during the month of June 2018.
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Federal Register | Correction in advance notification of sunset review: This notice serves to correct the July 2018 advance sunset review notice about initiation of lemon juice from Argentina. There will be no sunset reviews initiated in July 2018, because lemon juice from Argentina was the only case for which a sunset review was scheduled. The applicable date is June 1, 2018. See Details |
Revisions and clarifications to user fees for export and investment services: The International Trade Administration (ITA) has recently implemented new user fees for its export and investment promotion services/events, which concluded that ITA was not fully covering its costs for providing services under the prior fee structure. This user fee schedule will be effective from July 1, 2018. See Details |
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ITC | Report on extension of trade authorities procedures: The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has submitted a statutorily required report to Congress regarding the President’s request to Congress for an extension of his trade authorities process. The President submitted a request to Congress on March 20, 2018, for this trade promotion authority. The USITC found that no trade agreements were implemented under the Bipartisan Trade Act between the date of its enactment and March 20, 2018. See Details |
Annual report on U.S. textile and apparel imports from China: The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has released its annual compilation of reports regarding textile and apparel imports from China. The report entitled, ” Textile and Apparel Imports from China: Statistical Reports, Annual Compilation 2017″, was requested by the U.S. House of Representatives. The data in the report are shown on an annual and quarterly basis, by category and by Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 10-digit subheadings. See Details |
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CBP | Account profile universe and reports temporarily disabled: The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) gives this message to inform ACE Reports users that the account profile universe has been temporarily disabled for some weeks. See Details |
ACE certification scheduled maintenance: The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) maintenance has been scheduled on June 13, 2018. Also, infrastructure maintenance activities and the following ACE Deployment will take place during this time. See Details |
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FAS | Trade mission to Japan: U.S. Department of Agriculture under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, Ted McKinney, will lead a trade mission to Japan from June 11, 2018 to June 15, 2018, joined by numerous U.S. business and state government leaders seeking to expand export opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products. See Details |