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The scope of this investigation covers all types of youth and adult mattresses. The term “mattress”denotes an assembly of materials that at a minimum includes a “core,” which provides the mainsupport system of the mattress, and may consist of innersprings, foam, other resilient filling, or acombination of these materials. Mattresses may also contain (1) “upholstery,” […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing this update to clarify expectations regarding filing entries of hand sanitizers. FDA has recently become aware that some entries of hand sanitizers have been disclaimed to FDA, and the full message set was not filed for FDA review. Additionally, we are aware that some entries of […]

The scope of the investigation consists of hand trucks manufactured from any material, whether assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete, suitable for any use, and specific parts thereof, namely the vertical frame, the handling area and the projecting edges or toe plate, and any combination thereof. The subject hand trucks are commonly referred to as […]

Effective July 6, 2018, the U.S. Trade Representative imposed additionalduties on goods of China with an annual trade value of approximately $34 billion as partof the action in the Section 301 investigation of China’s acts, policies, and practicesrelated to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation. The U.S. TradeRepresentative initiated the exclusion process in July 2018 […]

The GSP, also known as the Generalized System of Preferences, is a program designed to encourage monetary prosperity in developing countries throughout the world. This program provides preferential treatment to beneficiary countries, those which are underdeveloped, on over 3,500 products. Please see below eligible countries list as of 2019 COUNTRIES ELIGIBLE FOR GSPGSP-Eligible Beneficiaries (as of […]

On July 6, 2018, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) imposed additional duties on certain goods of China as a part of the action in the Section 301 investigation of China’s acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation. As a part of the determination, USTR established a product exclusion process for […]