The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the June 18 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration published notices in the June 15 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina (A-357-812), which sets an AD cash deposit rate for nine exporters. These rates, which are effective June 18, 2012, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
On June 15 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On June 15 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails June 15 announcing changes to some Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for June 1 through June 8:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service said the U.S. is leading a working group on the establishment of Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) work priorities, and has invited member governments to propose new work for consideration by the working group, including the possible revision and/or revocation of existing codes of practice. Comments should be sent to Jenny Scott, senior advisor, Office of Food Safety, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (jenny.scott@fda.hhs.gov), and to Barbara McNiff, senior advisor, U.S. Codex Office (Barbara.McNiff@fsis.usda.gov), with a copy to the Codex Secretariat (codex@fao.org) by September 7.
The Census Bureau issued AES Broadcast #2012038 as part of a series of monthly educational broadcast messages on the Automated Export System. This month Census is highlighting AES error codes 504 (License Code Unknown) and 594 (S05 License Not Decremented - Exhausted). The broadcast covers the reasons for the these error messages and how to resolve them, as follows:
The Court of International Trade said it will hear a challenge of the “acquisition clause” of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Act of 2000 (CDSOA, commonly known as the Byrd Amendment), which says a company must not have been acquired by a company or business that is related to a company that opposed the investigation in order to qualify for CDSOA disbursement.