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Final ruleTook effect March 30, 2026

Streamlining the Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Regulations

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register March 30, 2026. Document 2026-06133. Updated Nov. 13, 2026.

What it does

By this rule, the Census Bureau is amending its foreign trade regulations by consolidating and streamlining certain cross-references to, and restatements of, other regulations and authorities. This action is intended to simplify and streamline the foreign trade regulations, and thereby promote efficiency, without affecting any substantive obligations or entitlements.

The Census Bureau's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

15 CFR 30

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Census Bureau has published 11 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 0 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0607-AA74 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

What happens next and when

The rule is effective March 30, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-06133
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesCommerce Department; Census Bureau
PublishedMarch 30, 2026
Effective dateMarch 30, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)0607-AA74

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register