U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Amends Regulations on Somalia Sanctions

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EU Extends Waiver on Customs Duties and VAT Certain COVID-19 Related Products

On April 19, 2021, in a press release, the European Union (EU) announced the extension of the temporary waiver of customs duties and value-added tax (VAT)

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Mexico Approves UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement

On April 23, 2021, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) published a decree in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) to announce that the

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Mexico’s 2021 Q1 Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD) Updates

In the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, the Ministry of Economy of Mexico both concluded and initiated several antidumping and countervailing duty (AC/CVD)

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USDA Announces Upland Cotton Special Import Quota #1

On April 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced special import quota #1 for upland cotton. This permits the importation of upland cotton

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USDA Seeks Comments on Food System Supply Chains

On April 21, 2021, in a bulletin, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a request for comments on the

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EU Accepts Uzbekistan into GSP+ Arrangement

On April 9, 2021, in a press release, the European Union (EU) announced the acceptance of Uzbekistan into the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)

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U.S. President Biden Signs Executive Order Authorizing New Russia Sanctions

On April 15, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a broad executive order (E.O.) authorizing new sanctions against Russia for "specified harmful foreign

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NCSD Opens Registration for May 2021 Webinars

On April 14, 2021, in Cargo Systems Messaging Service #46983915, the National Commodity Specialist Division (NCSD) of the U.S. Office of Trade opened the

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Mexico Initiates Review of Countervailing Duties on Certain Carbon Steel Pipes

On April 5, 2021, the Ministry of Economy of Mexico initiated an administrative review to examine the validity of the definitive countervailing duties

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Mexico Eliminates Countervailing Duties on Chinese Blenders

On April 6, 2021, the Ministry of Economy of Mexico concluded the administrative review examining the validity of the countervailing duties imposed on

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Mexico Deploys Value Manifest in the Web Service Testing Environment

On March 23, 2021, Mexico´s Tax Administration Service (SAT) published Informative Notice No. 6 in the Single Window (VUCEM) portal, advising that testing

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BIS Adds China Supercomputing Entities to Entity List

On April 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule adding seven Chinese “supercomputing”

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CBP Issues Period 4 Specialty Sugar Quota Bulletin

On April 12, 2021, in Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #46953805, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the publication of Quota

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USDA Announces Upland Cotton Special Import Quota #25

On April 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced special import quota #25 for upland cotton. This permits the importation of upland cotton

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