In the United States the following events have taken place under the several PGA during the month of October 2017.
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| Federal Register | Removing the prohibition on the importation of jadeite or rubies mined or extracted from Burma: This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to remove the provision regarding the prohibition on the importation of jadeite or rubies mined or extracted from Burma, and articles of jewelry containing jadeite or rubies mined or extracted from Burma. This final rule is effective on October 30, 2017. See Details |
| Notice of request for revision to and extension of approval for importing blueberry from Morocco: This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an information collection associated with the regulations for the importation of fresh blueberry fruit from Morocco into the continental U.S.. The APHIS will receive all the comments regarding this on or before December 12, 2017. See Details |
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| ITDS test for the seafood monitoring program: U.S. CBP and NMFS have developed a plan to test of the International Trade Data System (ITDS) and assess the electronic transmission of harvest and traceability data for fish imports of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) codes covered by the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP). On January 1, 2018 electronic submission of data under Seafood Import Monitoring Program will be mandatory. See Details |
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| Correcting docket number in a document regarding renegotiation of NAFTA: The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) published a document containing a wrong docket number in the Federal Register of September 26, 2017, requesting comments that will assist the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in an environmental review regarding the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. See Details |
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| ITC | Report on economic effects of significant U.S. import restraints: The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) issued an update of its report ‘The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints’ on October 16, 2017. See Details |
