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Antidumping Petition Filed Today on Woven Electric Blankets From China

Posted on June 30, 2009
An antidumping petition was filed today with the U.S. International Trade Commission and Department of Commerce against woven electric blankets from China. The petitioner in this case is Jarden Consumer Solutions, a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH) and the owner of Sunbeam Bedding and...

CBP's 2009 Trade Symposium Set for December 2009

Posted on June 29, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that the 2009 Trade Symposium will take place from December 8 ? 10, 2009. The program will be held for the first time at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, a much larger venue than the Ronald Reagan Building...

BIS Update 2009 to be Held September 30 - October 2, 2009

Posted on June 29, 2009
As a follow-up to our previous post, the Bureau of Industry and Security today announced that the 22nd annual Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy will be held September 30 through October 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Because the expected number of attendees will likely exceed the number...

BIS Update 2009 Likely Set for Last Week of September

Posted on June 25, 2009
While the specific dates and location have not been finalized, this year's Bureau of Industry and Security's annual update Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy should be held during the week of September 28, 2009 (end of September and beginning of October)...

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Two Good Export Controls Programs Scheduled for Next Week

Posted on June 19, 2009
There are two good export controls-related programs scheduled for next week. It is not too late to sign up for these programs. June 24, 2009 - Import/Export Classification Boot Camp: Cross-Training for International Trade Professionals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania This one-day seminar presented by...

House Postpones Hearing on Export Administration Act

Posted on June 18, 2009
The hearing hearing on policy considerations associated with the Export Administration Act that was to be held at 2 p.m. today by House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade has been postponed. The new hearing date has not yet been set...

Florida Man Sentenced to 35 Months in Prison for Role in Iranian Export Conspiracy

Posted on June 12, 2009
The owner of a Florida company that pleaded guilty earlier this year to illegally exporting military and commercial aircraft parts to Iran was sentenced yesterday to 35 months in federal prison. As part of his plea, Mr. Train Bujduveanu, a Romanian national and naturalized U...

U.N. Security Council Imposes Additional Sanctions on North Korea

Posted on June 12, 2009
The United Nations Security Council today passed a resolution condemning North Korea's May 25th nuclear test and imposing additional multilateral sanctions on North Korea. Security Council resolution 1874 [the text will be posted as soon as it is available] requires U...

Tennessee Professor Convicted of Export Control Violations Will be Sentenced on July 1st

Posted on June 08, 2009
After numerous delays, the sentencing of convicted University of Tennessee professor Emeritus J. Reece Roth for violating the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 1st at 10 a...

U.S. Industry Files Three AD/CVD Cases on Chinese Steel Products in Past Two Weeks

Posted on June 08, 2009
The number of antidumping and countervailing duty petitions being filed in the U.S. on steel products from China is on the rise. On June 5, 2009, WP Industries, Inc., ITC Manufacturing, Inc., J&L Wire Cloth, Inc. and Nashville Wire Products Mfg. Co...

Orbitz Launches Campaign to End U.S. Travel Ban to Cuba

Posted on May 18, 2009
Online travel provider Orbitz recently launched the OpenCuba.org website to give travelers the opportunity to get directly involved in a grassroots effort to convince the Obama Administration and Congress to end the ban on travel to Cuba for those Americans who do not have immediate family members...

Despite Embargo, Cuba Imports Daiquiri Mix from USA

Posted on May 15, 2009
The AP published a story this evening entitled "Despite embargo, Cuba imports daiquiris from US" describing the types of products sold from the U.S. pursuant to the "agricultural waiver" of the U.S. embargo on Cuba. The story's lede states: "Jugs of daiquiri mix...

All ITAR License Submissions Must be Made Using DTrade 2 Starting May 16, 2009

Posted on May 14, 2009
U.S. exporters and importers of defense articles subject to the jurisdiction of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are reminded that starting on May 16, 2009, all new license submissions must be made using the DTrade 2 system. The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has...

No Sentence Yet for Convicted Professor Convicted of Export Control Violations

Posted on May 13, 2009
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that no decision was made today during the sentencing hearing of University of Tennessee professor Emeritus J. Reece Roth who was convicted in September of various export control violations. The article states that U...

10 Reasons Trade Compliance Programs Are Unnecessary

Posted on May 12, 2009
Today's guest post is by Rick Miller, director of trade compliance recruitment at Tyler Search Consultants. Rick is a licensed customs broker and served as director of trade compliance for several large companies before joining Tyler Search. Rick can be reached at rmiller@tylersearch...

Tennesee Professor Convicted of Export Control Violations Will be Sentenced This Wednesday

Posted on May 11, 2009
After numerous delays, the sentencing of University of Tennessee professor Emeritus J. Reece Roth for violating U.S. export control laws has been set for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee. Atmospheric Glow Technologies Inc...

Port of Chicago Updates Procedures for Imports and Exports of Defense Articles

Posted on May 11, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Port of Chicago today issued an updated Pipeline (09-12) containing detailed and information on the local procedures for processing imports and exports of defense articles subject to the jurisdiction of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR),...

Global Antidumping Database Confirms Increased Number of Trade Remedy Cases

Posted on May 11, 2009
According to data compiled by the Global Antidumping Database, the first quarter of 2009 saw an 18.8% year increase in the number of antidumping, countervailing duty, global safeguard, and China-specific safeguards brought by WTO members compared to the same period in 2008...

Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division Names New Trade Ombudsman

Posted on May 06, 2009
The U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division has announced that Mr. Omari Wooden has been named as the Foreign Trade Division's Trade Ombudsman. Mr. Wooden replaces Jerry Greenwell, who retired in January 2009 after more than 36 years with Census. Mr...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Establish Customs Broker Self-Assessment Pilot Program

Posted on May 01, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced in the Federal Register the creation of a new Broker Self-Assessment (BSA) pilot program. The BSA pilot program, which in many ways will be similar to the Importer Self Assessment (ISA) program, is intended to allow customs brokers to...

Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009 Introduced in U.S. Congress

Posted on May 01, 2009
Representative Howard Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, yesterday introduced the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009 (H.R. 2192). If enacted, H.R. 2192 would require that any foreign entity that exports refined petroleum to Iran, or otherwise enhances Iran?s...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Establish Customs Broker Self-Assessment Pilot Program

ITC Initiates Section 421 Market Disruption Investigation on Tires From China

Posted on April 29, 2009
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced in today's Federal Register the initiation of a market disruption investigation on certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China. This case is being initiated by the ITC after receiving a petition filed by the United Steel, Paper...

Census Modifies AES Filing Time Frames for Shipments Between U.S. and Puerto Rico

Posted on April 29, 2009
The U.S. Census Bureau has modified the Automated Export System filing time frames for shipments between the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Since Puerto Rico is part of the "Customs territory of the United States", shipments between the U.S. and Puerto Rico are exempt from the advance filing requirements...

Non-U.S. Import/Export Controls Program to be Held in Dallas on May 18th in Dallas, Texas

Posted on April 28, 2009
While most U.S. exporters have at least a minimal familiarity with and awareness of the basics of U.S. trade controls and compliance requirements, it is often difficult for U.S. companies to obtain information on the import and export requirements in other countries in which they do business...

Exporter Indicted on Conspiracy to Export Microwave Amplifer Products From U.S. to China

Posted on April 09, 2009
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California today announced that a grand jury in San Jose, California indicted Mr. Fu-Tain Lu as well as two companies Mr. Lu founded, Fushine Technology, Inc., located in the San Jose area and Shenzen, China-based Everjet Science and Technology...

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions Filed on OCTG From China

Posted on April 08, 2009
In a widely expected move, today the U.S. steel industry filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions against Oil Country Tubular Goods from China. No other countries were named in the petitions. The petitioners are Maverick Tube Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, TMK IPSCO,...

Manhattan District Attorney Alleges Chinese Individual and Company Misused NY Banks to Provide Material Support for Iran

Posted on April 07, 2009
Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau today announced that an 118-count indictment (pdf) was brought by a grand jury in New York County against Li Fang Wei, a Chinese citizen and his company for charges relating to the misuse of New York City banks and the proliferation of illicit...

WSJ: The Vietnam Tariff? Plastic Bags Present a Test For Free Trade

Posted on April 07, 2009
Today's Wall Street Journal Asia contains an opinion piece on the recently filed U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty petitions file on polyethylene retail carry bags from Vietnam. The article discusses whether the U.S. Commerce Department will apply the U...

OFAC's Receives Overwhelming Response to International Trade Symposium

Posted on April 07, 2009
OFAC's recently announced International Trade Symposium in Washington, DC on May 15th generated an "overwhelming response" and registration is closed to new registrants. OFAC is maintaining a waiting list for the event and will notify those on the waiting list of any availability...

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