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Update: Marketplace Equity Act

NAMM is signatory to joint trade association and company e-fairness letter signed by over 200 associations and businesses and sent on Jan. 18 to...
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NAMM submits CITES agenda recommendation

After review and input by NAMM Members on the Import Export Task Force, NAMM has submitted the attached document as a formal recommendation to the...
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Contact Your Member of Congress NOW to Support HR 3210, the RELIEF ACT

Contact your Member of Congress NOW to support HR 3210, the RELIEF Act Please email your Members of Congress and request their support for the...
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Understanding and Complying with the Foreign Trade Regulation Requirements

How well do you know the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) and the Automated Export System (AES)? Are you up to date on recent clarifications? Do you...
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National Labor Relations Act (NLRB) POSTING RULE

On November 14, 2011, virtually all NAMM members (as well as virtually all private sector employers) will be required to post notices informing...
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CITES update

The Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora recently listed 91 hardwood species in CITES Appendix...
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A Letter From the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) to President Obama and Members of the U.S. Congress

We are writing today on behalf of the music products industry to express deep frustration over a regulation that is impacting music products...
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NAMM Comments to APHIS on Needed Changes to Lacey Declaration Form and Regulatory Requirements

NAMM provided formal comments on behalf of its members in the music products industry to APHIS—the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and...
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Lacey Act Special Use Codes Help Pre-2008 Instruments

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued guidance making it easier for companies which import instruments made prior to 2008...
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Federal Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act Subject Of Hearing

A House Financial Services Subcommittee held a hearing July 26, 2011 on the Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act (H.R. 1588), legislation which...
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