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EU: 42 denied parties have been added.

US: 80 denied parties have been added, 79 modified and 8 deleted.

Brazil

Brazil has added a Tariff Rate Quota.  The products affected by this are oseltamivir phosphate and medicines based on oseltamivir phosphate.  The following HTS chapters are affected: 29 and 30.

US

The United States has made updates to anti-dumping and countervailing duties.  The changes affected products across the tariff.

ARGENTINA

New import certificate requirements have been established for certain products.  The following HTS chapters are affected: 28, 48, 51, 52, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62, 65, 84, and 87. 

BRAZIL

The Tariff Rate Quota has been updated.  The following chapters are affected: 15, 29, 53, and 72.

COSTA RICA

The Tariff Rate Quota available for the second half of 2009 has been updated.  This quota applies to the Dominican Republic, United States, Canada, Panama, Chile, and WTO member countries.  Several products are affected, as well as the following HTS chapters: 02, 04, 07, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, and 23.

US

The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) have been amended to reflect changes to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex.  These changes were accepted by MTCR member countries at the November 2008 Plenary in Canberra, Australia.  This rule also clarifies certain EAR controls to properly reflect the intent of changes to items that were accepted by MTCR members at past Plenary meetings.  The following ECN categories are affected: 1, 2, 6, and 7.

US and EU Issue Joint Trade and Climate Change Declaration, Annexes

The White House has posted the US-European Union Joint Declaration and Annexes from their recent summit.  Both the US and the EU have agreed to promote an international climate change agreement in Copenhagen.  Leading by example, they will fight protectionism by respecting the G-20 commitments to refrain from raising or imposing new barriers to trade and investments.  Lastly, the US and EU will make determined efforts to seek the conclusion of a Doha Development Agenda agreement in 2010.

China feels that the US and three other countries/regions have dumped Nylon 6 on their market, and that these imports have caused substantial damage to the domestic sector.  As a result, China will impose a 36% tariff, or “security deposit,” on Nylon 6 (polycaprolactam) imported from the US.  (The EU, Russia, and Taiwan will be subject to a lesser tariff.)  This new charge is apparently in response to the US’ recent imposition of 35% additional duties on Chinese tires.  Nylon 6 is widely used in the manufacture of hosiery, knitted garments, threads, ropes, filaments, nets, and tire cords.