Rucksack Set Contract Awarded

January 30, 2023, Point Blank Enterprises Inc., Pompano Beach, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $20,937,840 fixed-price, fixed-quantity contract for the Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment 4000 rucksack set. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(2), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-2. This is a 20-month contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Puerto Rico, with an Aug. 30, 2024, performance completion date. Using military services are Army and Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE1C1-23-C-0010).

Foreign-Trade Zone 38—Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Application for Production Authority, Teijin Carbon Fibers, Inc. (Polyacrylonitrile-Based Carbon Fiber), Opening of Comment Period on Submission Containing New Evidence.

On January 30, 2023, the Foreign Trade Zone Board published in the Federal Register (88 FR 5853) Foreign-Trade Zone 38—Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Application for Production Authority, Teijin Carbon Fibers, Inc. (Polyacrylonitrile-Based Carbon Fiber), Opening of Comment Period on Submission Containing New Evidence.

The FTZ Board is inviting public comment on a submission containing new evidence pertaining to the application, as amended, on behalf of Teijin Carbon Fibers, Inc. (TCF), requesting production authority within FTZ 38 in Greenwood, South Carolina. Specifically, the amended application requests removal of the restriction requiring the reexport of foreign status 24,000 filament tow polyacrylonitrile fiber used to produce carbon fiber.

This controversial FTZ application has been under consideration since 2019, as Agathon Associates previously reported.

CBP Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for Inflation

On January 13, 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published in the Federal Register (88 FR 2175) Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for Inflation.

Customs Announced 2023 Canada Textile and Apparel TPLs

Commodity: Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-made Fiber textile products, as provided for in Chapter 98, Sub-chapter XXIII, US Note 11 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States,

Read more HERE.

FTC Order Requires Pyrex Glass Manufacturer to Pay for Falsely Claiming Chinese Products Were Made in USA

The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against Instant Brands, manufacturer of Pyrex-brand kitchen and home products, for falsely claiming that all its popular glass measuring cups were made in the United States during a time some measuring cups were imported from China. The FTC’s proposed order against Instant Brands would stop the company from making deceptive claims about products being “Made in USA” and require them to pay a monetary judgment.

Read more HERE

Properly Tied Recalls Children’s Lounge Pants Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standards and Burn Hazard

This recall involves Properly Tied children’s lounge pants made of 100% cotton. The lounge pants were advertised as “LD Aspen Loungepant.” The lounge pants were available in sizes 2T through YXL and sold in the following print patterns: blaze, blue ridge, clay mountain and forest. “Properly Tied Pajama” and the size designation is printed on the internal waist band label. “Properly Tied, 100% Cotton and Made in China” is printed on the side seam label.

Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled children’s sleepwear away from children, stop using them and contact Properly Tied for instructions on how to receive a pre-paid mailer to return the lounge pants for a full refund. Properly Tied is contacting all known purchasers.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported

Sold At: Sweet Threads, Britches and Bows, May May’s, The Carousel, Bundle of Joy, Dragonflies, Tugboat and the Bird, Lora Belle Baby, Peach Tree Kids, Hannah B's and children’s product stores nationwide and online at www.properlytied.com from July 2020 through August 2022 for between $19 and $38.

Importer(s): Properly Tied LLC, of Oxford, Mississippi

Manufactured In: China

Recall number: 23-106

More information and photos HERE.

Army and Air Force Trouser Contract Awarded

January 26, 2023, SNC Manufacturing LLC,** Orocovis, Puerto Rico, has been awarded a maximum $25,499,513 modification (P00015) exercising the second one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-21-D-1413) with four one-year option periods for various types of trousers. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The ordering period end date is Jan. 31, 2024. Using military services are Army and Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

*Small disadvantaged business in historically underutilized business zones