The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission announced a hearing on May 10, 2012, in Washington, D.C. This hearing, the USCC's fifth during its 2012 report cycle to collect input from academic, industry, and government experts on national security implications of the U.S. bilateral trade and economic relationship with China, will address China’s innovation capabilities, with emphasis on the information technology and defense sectors. Written statements are due from interested parties by May 9, 2012. Reservations are not required to attend the hearing.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the May 4, 2012, 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 Commission issued a general exclusion order prohibiting the unlicensed entry of ground fault circuit interrupters and products containing the same that infringe certain claims of the ’809 patent (337-TA-739). The ITC further determined that a bond of $0.25 per unit is required to permit temporary importation of these products during the 60-day Presidential review period of the exclusion order. ITC has also issued cease and desist orders against certain named respondents.1 The ITC said these orders terminate the investigation2.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the May 4, 2012, 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 preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from China (A-570-904) for 11 companies. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for this company.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on frontseating service valves from China (A-570-933) for two companies. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for this company.
The International Trade Administration initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping duty order on certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires from China (A-570-912) at the request of Trelleborg Wheel Systems (Xingtai) China Co. Ltd. The ITA will determine if this company is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the China-wide entity rate it currently receives.
The International Trade Administration posted generic versions of its antidumping duty margin calculation programs to its website. The ITA said these programs are the starting point of its AD calculations. For a particular company in a proceeding, a case analyst will fill in the company’s case-specific information in the required sections and make any changes to the boilerplate code required for the situation. ITA officials said the calculations have been updated to reflect the ITA’s new average-to-average methodology, without zeroing, in administrative reviews.
On May 3, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for May 2, 2012, that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.