Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, today reported that the volume of retail trade in November 2012 rose 0.2 percent compared to October 2012 in the EU’s 27 member states.

The European Commission today adopted a Communication on Customs Risk Management and the Security of the Supply Chain...

Hong Kong Customs recently seized 779 ivory tusks, worth about $10.6 million (about US$1.4 million), from a 20-foot-equivalent unit container shipped to Hong Kong from Kenya.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed two new rules to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, P.L. 111-353.

The U.S. freight-related transportation industry and warehouse sector added 4,900 jobs in December from November.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed its Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s nominations of Michael P. Huerta as administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and William P. Doyle...

Europe’s manufacturing sector ended 2012 in a slump, with production levels and new orders decreasing further in December as demand from domestic and export markets remains low, according to business surveyor Markit Economics.

Hong Kong’s Census and Statistics Department has reported that total exports and imports of goods in November 2012 both showed year-over-year increases.

South Sudan has been designated as eligible for benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

The government of the United Kingdom is mulling accelerating the privatization of Royal Mail to as early as 2013.

Reform of liner regulations in the Asia-Pacific is set to take its first major step next year when the New Zealand government is expected to withdraw antitrust immunity from international shipping services.

China is on track to produce more corn than rough rice for the first time in history, according to the U.S. Grains Council.

Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, today urged the U.S. Senate to pass the pending Hurricane Disaster Relief Appropriations Act to help regions affected by...

Hong Kong’s Census and Statistics Department today reported that the volume of goods exports dropped 4.7 percent in October, although the volume of goods imports rose 1.4 percent from October 2011.

At the second India-ASEAN Business Fair in New Delhi, Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles; expressed confidence that trade between India and...

At the 30th Customs Cooperation Conference in Seoul, Korea, today, Clement Cheung, commissioner of Hong Kong Customs, and Joo Yung-sup, commissioner of the Korea Customs Service...

India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has established the Air Cargo Logistic Promotion Board, an inter-ministerial group, to lay down policy framework to govern air cargo operations in the country.

The International Chamber of Shipping has issued a report about the future governance of Arctic waters and shipping, intended for high-level policymakers in environmental and foreign ministries...

The National Association of Manufacturers has applauded President Obama’s signing of the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act...

A fatal accident serves as another reminder of the difficulty U.S. regulators face in keeping illicit carriers off the road.

President Obama today signed H.R. 6156, the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Segei Mangitsky Rule of Law and Accountability Act of 2012, which authorizes the establishment of permanent normal trade relations with Russia and Moldova.

Dollar General will open 635 new stores next year, building on the 625 stores the retail giant is on track to open by the end of 2012.

The National Association of Manufacturers’ President and CEO Jay Timmons today said in a released statement that the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate matter is a display of the agency’s “shortsightedness.”

Striking port clerical workers had barely raised their picket signs at Los Angeles-Long Beach this month when shippers began clamoring for President Obama to use the Taft-Hartley Act to end the walkout.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered Two Dayes Trucking and Two Dayes Transport, based in Murfreesboro, N.C., to cease all transportation services immediately because of safety violations.

The Import Specialist Enforcement Team at U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Laredo, Texas, port of entry recently seized an $83 million commercial shipment of...

The U.S. Senate today approved H.R. 2838, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012, clearing the House-passed bill for the president’s signature.