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Cargo of 6000 Counterfeit Handheld Video Games Seized at Border
Otay Mesa, Calif. – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa, Calif. cargo export facility seized almost 6,000 counterfeit handheld “Tetris” video games last week. On Thursday, June 24, CBP officers processing trucks exporting goods out of the United States into Mexico pulled aside two shipments labeled as [...]
Chinese Companies Found Illegally Dumping Electric Blankets
- / N2N / – • On June 28, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation on imports of certain woven electric blankets (woven electric blankets) from the People’s Republic of China (China). • Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United [...]
April Surface Trade with Canada – Mexico up 32.4% from April 2009
/ N2N / – Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 32.4 percent higher in April 2010 than in April 2009, reaching $65.8 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The 32.4 percent [...]
U.S. Exports Up 16.9% in First 4 Months of 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – / N2N / – U.S. exports of goods and services increased by 16.9 percent during the first four months of 2010, according to data released by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Commerce Department. The United States is on track to meet President Obama’s goal of [...]
Mercury-Waste Shipments to Canada Threatening U.S. Recyclers
MINNETONKA, MN, – / N2N / – A significant volume of mercury-containing waste in the U.S. is finding its way into Canadian landfills because some treatment standards, recovery requirements and enforcement of those standards are less stringent than in the U.S. U.S. federal regulations require that hazardous wastes including mercury be treated using “Best Demonstrated [...]
U.S. Exports to Help Chile Recover From Earthquake
Washington, DC – / N2N / – The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on February 27 left the country’s telecommunications and transportation infrastructure severely damaged. The Export Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) remains committed to providing financial support for U.S. exports to Chile to aid in the rebuilding process. Within the [...]
Ex-Im Backs $500 Million to Support U.S. Exports to Vietnam
HANOI, VIETNAM – / N2N / - The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) and the government of Vietnam have agreed to a USD$500 million financing facility to boost sales of U.S. equipment and services to Vietnam for high-priority infrastructure projects, backed by Ex-Im Bank financing. Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President Fred P. [...]
Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Up 0.3% in April
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 – The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 0.3 percent in April from its March level, rising for the third consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the Freight TSI index has [...]
U.S. Exports Up 16.7 Percent in First Quarter of 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – / N2N / – U.S. exports of goods and services increased by 16.7 percent during the first quarter of 2010, putting the country on track to meet President Obama’s goal of doubling exports and supporting 2 million American jobs over the next five years. “This is a great progress report, but what [...]
Middle East Markets are Key To U.S. Export Growth
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – / N2N / – Suresh Kumar, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service today emphasized the importance of U.S. commercial cooperation with the region in expanding mutual economic growth and job creation at the close of a weeklong trip to Egypt and [...]
Women in International Trade Name Outstanding Woman of the Year in Trade
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade Michelle O’Neill today received the “Outstanding Woman of the Year in International Trade” award by the Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT). O’Neill will be honored at WIIT’s Annual Dinner tonight where she will join the ranks of past honorees, including former [...]
China Found Dumping & Subsidizing Solid Wire
- / N2N / – • On June 4, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on imports of certain wire decking from the People’s Republic of China (China). • Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United [...]
Expanding Global Middle Class Means Export Opportunities
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – Increased global trade and the growing interdependence among nations of the world has resulted in an expanding middle class and an historic opportunity for U.S. exporters, was the message delivered by Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez at today’s Washington International Trade Association breakfast. “Our nation’s [...]
