Foreign Regulatory Changes - Cont'd
- Container number
- El Salvador – poultry products, fish and fishery products
- Finland – thermal insulation in construction, ventilation products for buildings, construction products
- Japan – fire extinguishers, pesticides
- Kenya – noise emission and exposure, planting materials, cement waterproofing compounds, ammonium sulphate, phosphate fertilizers, fruit flavored drinks, cotton, fertilizers, moisture content of timber, information technology, wood preservatives, water for lead acid batteries
- Qatar – tobacco products
- Switzerland – telecommunication equipment
Incoterms 2010 revision comes into effecton on January 1 , 2011.
To keep up with the rapid expansion of world trade and globalization, the INCOterms rules are revised about once a decade.
On January 1, 2011 a comprehensive revision of ICC's (International Chamaber of Commerce) Incoterms rules applying to billions of dollars of business transactions will come into effect, a major step in helping international trade professionals ensure legal certainty and save both time and money
- Post-9/11 cargo security regulations
- The 2004 revision of the United States' Uniform Commercial Code
• New Institute Cargo Insurance Clauses
- Replacement of paper documents with electronic ones Delivery, with respect to revenue recognition compliance
- The elimination of DDU, DES, DEQ and DAF
- The addition of DAT and DAP
There will now be a total of 11 terms instead of 13, with 2 new additions, DAP and DAT and 4 deletions, DAF, DDU, DEQ and DES.
Incoterms 2010 applicable for all modes of transport:
EXW : ex works
FCA : free carrier
CPT : carriage paid to
CIP : carriage and insurance paid to
DAT : delivered at terminal – NEW!
DAP : delivered at place – NEW!
DDP : delivered duty paid
Incoterms 2010 only applicable for sea and inland waterway transport:
FAS : free alongside ship
FOB : free on board
CFR : cost and freight
CIF : cost, insurance and freight
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Export Control - Cont'd
Among other things, BIS is requesting comments on the following issues.
• the principal challenges SMEs face in trying to comply with the EAR, including any challenges that SMEs uniquely face and approaches to overcoming these challenges
• the value of current BIS outreach, education and counseling to SMEs in understanding and complying with the EAR
• ways to improve or expand SMEs’ awareness, knowledge and understanding of the EAR and increase their capacity to comply
• data, including comparative international data, that support comments and recommendations related to the above items and provide examples of effective methods of administering and enforcing export controls with special attention to SMEs
High Energy X-Ray - Cont'd
CBP also asserts that HEXRIS will assist in fulfilling the statutory requirement for 100% scanning of containers entering the U.S. CBP and Department of Homeland Security officials have frequently indicated that meeting the current July 2012 deadline for this goal is virtually impossible with existing resources and technology.
In a Senate committee hearing last December Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out that there is currently no technology that can effectively and automatically detect suspicious anomalies within cargo containers that should trigger additional inspection and that expanding screening with available technology would slow the flow of commerce and drive up costs to consumers without bringing significant security benefits. HEXRIS, CBP seems to suggest, is one way these technological challenges can be overcome.
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requires federal agencies to evaluate the environmental implications of any proposed major action that could significantly affect the quality of the human environment.
CBP has therefore prepared a final programmatic environmental assessment documenting its review of the potential effects of the deployment and operation of HEXRIS on climate, soils, water quality, air quality, vegetation, wildlife, noise, infrastructure, aesthetics and radiological health and safety at the ports.
Based on this PEA, CBP has issued a finding of no significant impact, meaning that no further analysis of the environmental effects of HEXRIS deployment and operation is required. The final PEA and FONSI will be available for review through Nov. 5.
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The Bureau of Industry and Security announced recently that four companies have agreed to pay a total of $80,700 in civil penalties to settle charges that they violated the anti-boycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations. 
In yet another measure seeking to boost exports as part of the president’s National Export Initiative, the Bureau of Industry and Security is requesting public comments by Dec. 6 on the extent to which small and medium-sized enterprises understand and comply with export controls maintained pursuant to the Export Administration Regulations. 
