MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
details coming soon
August 2018
Tariff Seminar
in cooperation with the Manufacturers Association of South Central PA
Emigsville, PA
September 13, 2018
Bringing the World to PA
Meet with PA's Overseas Trade Office Team
Lancaster, PA
December 7, 2018
Annual Holiday Luncheon
Out Door Country Club
York, PA
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Upcoming
PA
Trade Shows & Missions
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Sept 12 - 14, 2018
EXPOMINA
Lima, Peru
Nov. 11 - 15, 2018
Aerospace Trade Mission
Querétaro & Chihuahua,
Mexico
Nov. 12 - 15, 2018
MEDICA
Düsseldorf, Germany
Trade Mission to Brazil & Colombia
São Paulo, Brazil
Bogotá, Colombia
April 8 - 14, 2019
BAUMA 2019
Munich, Germany
Please contact our office for details and registration information
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Thank You to Our Sponsors & Partners
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| Thank you to our corporate sponsors and partners for their annual support. Silver Sponsors: UPS Stambaugh Ness Bronze Sponsor: Fulton Bank Strategic Partners: MANTEC PA Office of International Business Development Do you believe in our mission? Contact us to learn how you can sustain our organization by becoming an annual sponsor. |
World Trade Center Harrisburg
1000 N. Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA 17103
717-843-1090
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Tariff Updates Regarding Chinese Products
July 10, 2018: USTR Begins Process of Imposing Tariffs of 10% on an Additional $200 Billion of Chinese Imports
An advance copy of a Federal Register notice was issued by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in consideration of imposing an additional 10% duty on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. Here is a link to the notice, which includes the list of over 6000 tariff subheading that are being considered for the 10% duty.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking public comments and will hold a public hearing regarding these proposed tariffs:
- July 27, 2018: Due date for filing requests to appear and a summary of expected testimony at the public hearing, and for filing pre-hearing submissions.
- August 17, 2018: Due date for submission of written comments.
- August 20-23, 2018: The Section 301 Committee will convene a public hearing
- August 30, 2018: Due date for submission of post-hearing rebuttal comments.
July 6, 2018: Exclusion Process for Chinese Products Subject to Section 301 Tariffs
On Friday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced a process to obtain product exclusions from the additional ad valorem duty of 25% in effect on certain products imported from China.
A Federal Register notice
outlining the criteria and process for a product exclusion request has been published and can be viewed
here
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- Exclusion requests must be received at regulations.gov no later than October 9, 2018
- If granted, the exclusion will be effective back to July 6, 2018
- Exclusion requests should be filed on a product basis, and if granted, the exclusion will apply to all imports of the product, regardless of whether the importer filed a request.
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Meet Our Second Summer Intern
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We are happy to welcome our second summer intern, Arop Monywiir, who started last month.
Arop is a senior at Messiah College, where he is studying Business Administration with a minor in Philosophy. Arop will be graduating at th
e end of the summer semester. He is originally from South Sudan and is fluent in Arabic, Swahili and Italian.
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| World Trade Centers Association Releases Trade and Investment Report |
The World Trade Centers Association (
WTCA
) released its Trade and Investment Report called "Global Connections, Local Growth". The report was developed by the Association
together with FP Analytics, the independent research division of the FP Group, publishers of Foreign Policy magazine. Key findings include:
Regions with World Trade Centers on average draw foreign direct investment per capita at
twice the rate
of their respective countries and export goods at a rate
1.5 times greater
than their national average.
Strategic partnerships between global and local stakeholders are the critical enabling factor for cities competing for Foreign Direct Investment and seeking to expand local businesses' access to new markets.
You can read more about the Trade and Investment Report and its findings at
wtcareports.org
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We Can Now Issue Certificates of Marketing/Free Sale for Algeria
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Earlier this year, the Algerian Authorities started requesting
Certificates of Free Marketing , a new process that companies struggled to comply with. After working with the Algerian Ministry of Commerce, the Commercial Service at the U.S. Embassy in Algiers was able to convince the Algerian Government to accept a bilingual Certificate of Free Sale that will provide Algerian authorities with the requested information.
We can now issue the bilingual version of this certificate, which has been cleared by the Algerian Ministry of Commerce for use by U.S. companies. Please contact our office for more information.
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| Quatar to Accept ATA Carnets Starting August |
Starting this August,
Qatar
will officially start accepting ATA Carnets! This means that U.S. exporters to Qatar can begin sending their temporary import shipments duty-free and tax-free to Qatar starting August 1. ATA Carnets are international tools of trade facilitation, which serve as a temporary export-import documentation. Click for more details.
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| WTC Harrisburg Received the 2018 Torch Award |
Dr. Mehdi Noorbaksh, Tina Weyant, Dr. Joyce Davis
Each year, The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg honors individuals and organizations that have demonstrated the highest ideals of tolerance, appreciation of diverse cultures, peoples, languages and lands, and promotion of global understanding. This year, we are honored to have been one of the recepients of the Torch Award at the 2018 Global Enlightenment Awards, hosted by the World Affairs Council.
The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg is part of a national network of influential councils dedicated to educating and engaging individuals on global issues.
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 Zeigler Brothers is excited to announce their newest distribution partner, Artat Enterprise, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established in 2003, Artat Enterprise specializes in providing animal health and nutrition solutions across multiple markets in the Gulf.
 McNees, Wallace & Nurick announced the addition of its Esports Practice Group. Esports is rapidly approaching a billion-dollar industry, with growth of thirty percent year over year. As esports grows, so does the number of complex legal issues that surround the industry, which include intellectual property protection, gambling, acquisition of sports properties, labor standards, and privacy and data security.
 CAM Innovation exhibited at the CWIEME show, held in Berlin, Germany, from June 19-21, 2018 . This is the world's leading exhibition for coil winding, electric motor and transformer manufacturing technologies.
 Klinge Corporation was recognized as the SBA Exporter of the year for 2018. Klinge has been an international company since its founding in 1984, with exports representing 80% of Klinge's total sales. Klinge is the leading manufacturer of specialized transport refrigeration, freezing, and power generation equipment in the world. Read more on the SBA website.
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| Register now for PA Pavilion at MEDICA Show |
 MEDICA 2018 will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from
November 12 - 15, 2018 and the Office of International Business Development is again offering a cost effective
turnkey package in the PA Pavilion.
The cost is $3,500, and the registration deadline is June 13.
The PA Pavilion will be located in Hall 16. Products on display in this hall include medical devices and equipment, instruments, commodities and consumables and medical technologies.
For a complete profile of MEDICA, visit the show website.
You can download the participation agreement here
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Space in the booth is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis!
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