Unofficial Translation of NOM - NMX-FF-081-SCFI-2003 | USMEF International Bu...
Unofficial Translation of NOM - NMX-FF-081-SCFI-2003
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Philippines Postpones Order Mandating
Nongovernmental Inspections
The Philippine Department of Agriculture issued a memorandum on February 24, postponing “until further notice” the implementation of Memorandum Order (MO) 7, which required audit of meat and milk exporting plants by an independent inspector accredited by the Philippines government, to ensure compliance with Philippine HAACP standards. The order was originally due to come into effect on January 1, 2003, was delayed until April 1, 2003, and is now postponed indefinitely.
USMEF Vice President, Trade Development Richard Fritz and ASEAN Manager Eric Choon met with Philippine Agriculture Minister Luis P. Lorenzo, Jnr. in January and expressed the concerns of the U.S. industry on this issue.
Pushed Back to March 19
As we reported in the Export Newsline on February 17, an extension for companies filing in Mexico’s antidumping investigation of U.S. pork has been granted for 20 working days. This means the deadline is now March 19, instead of February 18.
The Mexican government announced it was starting an antidumping investigation on January 7. The case covers imports of U.S. pork from April 1-September 30, 2002. While some USMEF members have received the original Spanish questionnaire for the pork antidumping case, an English translation is available at http://www.usmef.org/.
The questionnaire includes general information and instructions, overviews in chart 1 and chart 2, definitions in “Annex” 2, 3 and 4, and forms “Annex 1” and “A.1-2” .
Exporters and traders selling product to Mexico should review these documents and consider whether to have their attorneys also review them. USMEF understands that the named companies selling product during the investigation period as well as any company that wants to try to being put into an “all others” category should fill out the forms and submit the requested data before the filing deadline, March 19. The official announcement is available online at http://www.segob.gob.mx/dof/dof_07-01-2003.pdf and begins on page 26 of this document. A preliminary translation – in which there may be still be interpretation errors – is available at http//www.usmef.org/Misc_News/03_0107_MexAntiDump_sp.pdf and a preliminary evaluation of the situation by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service office in Mexico City is available at http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200301/145785049.pdf.