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G T M NEWSLETTERTRADE CONTENT UPDATESMay 21, 2012 Volume 10 Issue 21

IN THIS ISSUE

RPL Updates

Landed Cost Updates

Regulatory Updates

Australia Canada European Union France Hong Kong Switzerland United Kingdom United States

Andorra European Union Germany India Italy Lesotho Namibia Netherlands Oman Portugal Sri Lanka Swaziland United States

Algeria Canada European Union Russia Taiwan United States

QUOTA Update

The quota updates for this week include:

1. EU Quota fill-rates2. US Tariff Rate Quota fill-rates

QUOTA Updates

AUSTRALIA

CANADA

EUROPEAN UNION

FRANCE

HONG KONG

SWITZERLAND

UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED STATES

This is an update to AUSTRAC Consolidated List of all persons and entities, deleting 257 RPL records.

1. This is an update to Terrorism Financing Canada List (TFCL), modifying 3 RPL records.

2. This is an update to Canada Border Service Agency – Wanted List, adding 6 RPL records and modifying 1 RPL record.

3. This is an update to Royal Canadian Mounted Police- Most Wanted List, adding 1 RPL record, modifying 2 RPL records and deleting 1 RPL record.

4. This is an update to Canada-Designated Persons-Special Economic Measures (Syria) Regulations, adding 6 RPL records.

1. This is an update to EU Financial Sanctions, adding 5, modifying 39 and deleting 571 RPL records.

2. This is an update to EU Official Journal Restrictive Measures (Interim), adding 5 RPL records.

This is an update to Interpol Recently Wanted, adding 25 and modifying 3 RPL records.

This is an update to HKMA-13224 Sanctions list, adding 2 RPL records.

1. This is an update to SECO-Swiss Denied Party List-United Nations Sanctions - DPRK, adding 3 and modifying 2 RPL records.

2. This is an update to the SECO-Swiss Denied Party List-United Nations Sanctions- Islamic Republic Of Iran, adding 2 and deleting 3 RPL records.

1. This is an update to the HM Treasury Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK, adding 5, modifying 3 and deleting 551 RPL records.

2. This is an update to the HM Treasury Investment Ban List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK, modifying 880 RPL records.

1. This is an update to OFAC Sanctions, adding 4 RPL records and deleting 1 RPL record.

2. This is an update to Presidential Executive Order (13224), adding 2 RPL records.

3. This is an update to Entity List, modifying 4 RPL records.

4. This is an update to Denied Persons List, adding 3 RPL records.

5. This is an update to Professional Medical Conduct and Physician Discipline, adding 4 and modifying 11 RPL records.

Authority: Australia's Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime

Authority: Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Int'l Trade and Dept. of Public Safety Preparedness

Authority: Canada Border Service Agency

Authority: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Authority: Special Economic Measures (Syria) Regulations

Authority: Directorate General External Relations

Authority: Directorate General External Relations

Authority: Fugitive Investigative Services

Authority: Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Authority: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO

Authority: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO

Authority: HM Treasury

Authority: HM Treasury

Authority: OFAC-Office of Foreign Assets Control

Authority: Presidential Executive Order -13224

Authority: BIS-Bureau of Industry and Security

Authority: BIS-Bureau of Industry and Security

Authority: New York State Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct

6. This is an update to List of Politically Exposed Persons in Money Laundering Risk Countries, adding 58, modifying 63 and deleting 52 RPL records.

7. This is an update to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)-Enforcement Actions, modifying 13 RPL records.

8. This is an update to FBI Wanted Fugitives-Featured Fugitives, deleting 1 RPL record.

9. This is an update to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Most Wanted Fugitives, adding 11 RPL records.

10.This is an update to Restricted, Terminated or Excluded Individuals or Entities, adding 16, modifying 2 and deleting 8 RPL records.

11.This is an update to Food and Drug Administration-Food Importation Debarment List, modifying 1 RPL record.

12.This is an update to Food and Drug Administration-Debarment List, adding 1 RPL record.

Authority: Central Intelligence Agency

Authority: DOJ-Criminal Division

Authority: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Authority: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

Authority: Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, New York

Authority: Office of Regulatory Affairs

Authority: Office of Regulatory AffairsEcuador and Venezuela Progress in Commercial, Energetic and Financial Areas

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration

Brazilian businessmen will export U.S. $ 33.150 million to Peru

Agreements related to supplies of crude and refinery products for Pacific cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters and institutional collaboration between the National Integrated Tax and Customs Administration of Venezuela and the Internal Revenue Service of Ecuador were signed by the Ministers in Caracas. At the conclusion of the meeting the Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patino said "We are very pleased with the results of this meeting, the trade relationship between our two countries has grown significantly". He also referred to the progress of the Ecuadorian-Venezuelan fund for development and indicated that there have been 8 projects to finance small business activities.Ecuador which is one of the most important trading partners has exported approximately 9% of non-oil production to Venezuela. Both the countries are making some agreements of economic complementation. The combined exports of fine cocoa aroma of Ecuador and Venezuela's havepassed 60% of the world exports.

Brazilian entrepreneurs made 467 commercial contacts in Lima, Peru, during the trade mission promoted by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) and the Brazilian Agency for Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brazil), with support from Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the National Confederation

AMERICAS

Authority: United States Trade Representative, United States Customs and Border Protection and United States International Trade Commission.

Authority: United States International Trade Commission.

Authority: United States International Trade Commission

ASIA PACIFIC

Authority: Central Board of Customs and Excise

Authority: Sri Lanka Customs

EUROPE

Authority: Andorra Customs

Authority: EU Commission

UNITED STATES

INDIA

SRI LANKA

ANDORRA

EUROPEAN UNION

1. This is an update to the United States Colombia Free Trade Agreement. This update adds Colombia. Colombia will no longer be eligible for GSP and Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA/ATPDEA) benefits.

2. The United States International Trade Commission has announced the United States Colombia Free Trade Agreement. This update adds HS to this preferential group, affecting various chapters across the tariff schedule.

3. This is a United States Duty update. This update adds HTS numbers and Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, affecting various chapters across the tariff schedule.

This is an update for India Customs Tariff. This update makes changes to Japan Free Trade Agreements rates affecting various products across the tariff.

This is an update for Sri Lanka Customs Tariff. This update makes changes to Customs Duty for milk powder. The following HTS chapter is affected: 4.

This is an update to Andorra Tariff. This update reflects the WCO 2012 changes to the tariff schedule. This update includes added and deleted HS numbers as well as new, changed and deleted default duties and preferential duties, excise rates and other taxes for certain products across the tariff schedule.

1. This is an update to the EU Tariff. This update includes new and deleted HS numbers, new, deleted and changed default and preferential duties for certain products across the tariff schedule. The following HTS chapters are affected: 03, 08, 20 and 76.

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AustraliaAustriaBotswanaCanadaCambodiaCosta RicaEuropean UnionFranceNamibiaNew ZealandSouth KoreaSwazilandSwitzerlandUnited NationsUnited States

REGULATORY UPDATES

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of Industry (CNI). In all, 39 representatives of companies closed deals last week, with an estimated return of U.S. $ 33.150 million for the next 12 months. During the trade mission, the deputy executive secretary of the ministry, Richard Schaefer met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of Peru, Carlos Posada Ugaz for the Fourth Meeting of the Monitoring Commission of Commerce Brazil-Peru. The officials discussed the opening of the market for specific products in Peru, such as citrus, fresh flowers, peach, fish, processes of labelling of products of animal origin.

Colombia-United States trade promotion agreement was signed on June 28, 2007, while it has come into effect on May 15, 2012. Colombia has the third largest economy in South and Central America. This comprehensive trade agreement will eliminate tariffs and other barriers to U.S. exports, expand trade between our two countries and promote economic growth for both. The tariff reductions in the Agreement will expand exports of U.S. goods alone by more than $1.1 billion. The Agreement will provide significant new access to Colombia's $166 billion services market and over 80 percent of U.S. exports of consumer and industrial products to Colombia will become duty free immediately, with remaining tariffs phased out over 10 years. Colombia will immediately eliminate duties on wheat, barley, soybeans, soybean meal and flour, high-quality beef, bacon, almost all fruit and vegetable products, wheat, peanuts, whey, cotton, and the vast majority of processed products, along with duty free Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ) on standard beef, chicken leg quarters, dairy products, corn, sorghum, animal feeds, rice, and soybean oil.

Source: Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade

United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement

Source: Executive Office of the President

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2. This is an update to the EU Tariff. This update deletes and adds few HS numbers and includes the descriptions of the new HS numbers in the following languages: French and Spanish. The following HTS chapters are affected: 08, 20 and 76.

This is an update for the German Customs Tariff in the German and English languages. This update adds and deletes HS numbers across the tariff schedule.

This is an update for the Italian Customs Tariff in the Italian and English languages. This update adds and deletes HS numbers across the tariff schedule. The following HTS chapters are affected: 03, 15, 20, 28, 29, 38, 39, 42, 62, 72, 73, 81, 82, 85, 94 and 96.

This is an update to the Netherlands Tariff. This update includes added and deleted HS numbers for certain products across the tariff schedule. The following HTS chapters are affected: 20 and 29.

This is an update for the Portugal Customs Tariff in the Portuguese and English languages. This update adds, deletes HS numbers and makes changes to HS description affecting various chapters across the tree view. The following HTS chapters are affected: 09, 20, 28, 29 and 39.

This is an update to the Lesotho 2012 Tariff Schedule. This update adds UOM including Excise rate affecting various chapters across the tariff. The following HTS chapters are affected: 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 33, 36, 38, 43, 84, 85, 87, 89, 93 and 95.

This is an update to the Namibia 2012 Tariff Schedule. This update adds UOM, other Taxes including Excise rate affecting various chapters across the tariff. The following HTS chapters are affected: 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 33, 36, 38, 43, 84, 85, 87, 89, 93 and 95.

This is an update to the Oman Tariff. This update reflects the WCO 2012 changes to the tariff schedule. This update includes added and deleted HS numbers as well as new, changed and deleted default duties for certain products across the tariff schedule.

This is an update to the Swaziland 2012 Tariff Schedule. This update adds UOM including Excise rate affecting various chapters across the tariff. The following HTS chapters are affected: 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 33, 36, 38, 43, 84, 85, 87, 89, 93 and 95.

Authority: EU Commission

Authority: Ministry of Finance

Authority: Italian Customs Administration

Authority: Dutch Customs

Authority: Portugal Customs

MIDDLE-EAST/AFRICA

Authority: South African Customs

Authority: South African Customs

Authority: Oman Customs

Authority: South African Customs

GERMANY

ITALY

NETHERLANDS

PORTUGAL

LESOTHO

NAMIBIA

OMAN

SWAZILAND

REGULATORY UPDATES

AMERICAS

Authority: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

CANADAThis is an update to Canada Export Controls. This update removes Myanmar (Burma) from the Area Control List (ACL).

UNITED STATES

RUSSIA

TAIWAN

EUROPEAN UNION

ALGERIA

1. This is an update for United States Anti Dumping and Countervailing duties. This update makes changes to many products across the tariff. The Import Controls affected by this update are Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duties. For TC customers this update will only contain flags for Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duties.

2. This is a United States Import Control update. This update makes changes to certain other Government Agency Codes (OGA), across the tariff schedule.

This is a country level sanction imposed by Russia on Chilled Fish from Norway due to the microbial contamination in two batches of chilled Norwegian salmon.

This is an update to delete certain export controls to various products of the Taiwan Tariff. The following HTS chapters are affected: 14, 21, 28, 70 and 84.

1. This is an update to the EU Import Controls. This update adds a registration requirement for one Chemical that has been included in Annex XVII to the REACH Regulation. The following HTS chapter is affected: 29.

2. This is an update to the Anti-Dumping duties of the European Union. This update amends Regulation (EU) No 492/2010 and implements Regulation (EU) No 398/2012 and imposes a definitive Anti-Dumping duty on imports of Sodium Cyclamate originating in, the People's Republic of China. This update also imposes a provisional Anti-Dumping duty on imports of aluminum radiators originating in The People's Republic of China. The following HTS chapters are affected: 29 and 76.

1. This is an update to Algeria Import Regulations for various products across the tariff. The type of control affected by this update is: Import permit, Certificate, Authorization, Sanitary and Health certificate, affecting various HTS chapters.

2. This is an update to Algeria Export Regulations for various products across the tariff. The type of control affected by this update is: Export permit, Certificate, Authorization and Phytosanitary Certificate, affecting various HTS chapters.

Authority: United States International Trade Commission

Authority: United States International Trade Commission

ASIA PACIFIC

Authority: Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control of the Russian Federation

Authority: Bureau of Foreign Trade

EUROPE

Authority: European Chemical Agency (ECHA)

Authority: European Union Customs

MIDDLE-EAST/AFRICA

Authority: Algeria Customs

Authority: Algeria Customs

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Disclaimer: This is a general-purpose update, and information provided in this alert does not contain a comprehensive analysis of each news item. No liability is accepted for acts or omissions taken based upon the contents of this alert, and readers are advised to study the full details (available from Amber Road on request), or seek professional advice specific to their situation, before arriving at any decision.

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The first Economic Partnership Agreement between EU and African region comes into effect

Source: EU Commission - DG Trade

The Economic Partnership Agreement concluded by the EU and four Eastern and Southern African states Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and Zimbabwe came into effect recently. EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht feels that this trade deal will help the development of their partners in Eastern and Southern Africa and provide better and lasting business opportunities. This Agreement will provide duty and quota free access to the EU market for exports from these four countries. The Agreement also covers provisions on rules of origin, development cooperation, fisheries, trade defence instruments and dispute settlement. The scope of this agreement is expected to encourage regional integration and strengthen a partnership approach with the EU bringing economic and political benefits.