Comments Request; Interim Procedures for Short Supply Requests Under Panama and Peru FTAz

March 26, 2019, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register (84 FR 11283) Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Interim Procedures or Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Panama TPA).

March 26, 2019, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register (84 FR 11285) Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (US-PERU TPA).

CBP Publishes Panama TPA Rules and USTR Officials to Meet in Panama on the Free Trade Agreement

On May 21, 2014, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published in the Federal Register (79 FR 29077) United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement; Final rule, adopting as a final rule interim amendments to the published on October 23, 2013.

On May 28, 2014, Assistant United States Trade Representative for the Western Hemisphere John Melle and Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Central America and the Dominican Republic Leslie O’Connor will travel to Panama for the first meeting of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Free Trade Commission. A press conference will be held in conjunction with the meeting.

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Customs Publishes Panama FTA Rule

October 23, 2013, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published in the Federal Register (78 FR 63052) United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement; Interim regulations; solicitation of comments.

SUMMARY: This rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") regulations on an interim basis to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement entered into by the United States and the Republic of Panama.

DATES: Interim rule effective October 23, 2013; comments must be received by December 23, 2013.