FOOD & BEVERAGES

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued separate determinations that there is a reasonable suspicion that specific importers are evading the AD duty orders on steel wire garment hangers and carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from mainland China. Separately, CBP has issued final determinations in similar proceedings involving mainland Chinese garlic and pipe fittings. More

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced that imports of fresh jujube fruit from mainland China may be authorised for importation into the continental United States after 12 March, subject to certain phytosanitary measures. More

Based on risk assessment results and the recommended standards of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health, the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently jointly issued an Announcement on Lifting the Age Restriction on Imports of Beef and Beef Products from the US (Announcement No. 34 [2020]). More

Mainland China has taken a number of actions, on schedule, to begin implementing its agriculture-related commitments under the U.S.-mainland China phase one trade agreement, according to information from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. More