Governmental Notices for September 22 through 28, 2018

The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade:

CPSC’s Rule concerning the Revisions to Safety Standard for Portable Hook-On Chairs;

CBP’s Notices of the Accreditation and Approval of a Gauger and Laboratory and Comment Requests concerning the Customs Declaration, Entry and Manifest of Merchandise Free of Duty, Carrier’s Certificate and Release and General Declaration; the current Bulletin providing 17 Final and Proposed, as well as one Withdrawn, Ruling Modifications / Revocations and additional Accreditation and Approval of  Gaugers and Laboratories, as well as the latest ABI messages, which includes CSMS 18-000559 with the  Harmonized System Update (1815) created on September 21, 2018; 

CPSC and FDA Recalls and Consumer Updates;

FTC’s Rule regarding the Test Procedures and Labeling Standards for Recycled Oil;

FTZ Board current notice;

ITA & ITC Notices of the Administrative Review Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders or Reviews, as well as updates on Determinations, Investigations and Complaints on merchandise such as Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan and Mattresses from China;

USTR’s Fiscal Year 2019 Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Refined and Specialty Sugar and Sugar-Containing Products and notice of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation – a Notice conforming the September 21 supplemental action to the HTSUS modifications in the Presidential Proclamation and other changes;

California’s latest 60 Day Notices on items such as, but not limited to, certain trim tools, various Dietary supplements and pincers; and,

Canada’s latest Consumer Alert & Recall notices.     

Members wishing to learn more about any of these items are encouraged to review details on the Gemini Member Site, or to contact the Gemini team.