The Commerce Department published notices in the Sept. 5 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on hand trucks from China (A-570-891). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD duty rate for New-Tec. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, polyester staple fiber from New-Tec entered between December 2012 and November 2013 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from New-Tec will not be subject to an AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China (A-570-012) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency found "critical circumstances" for all "China-wide rate" companies that did not demonstrate independence from state control, and will impose retroactive AD duty cash requirements on entries from those companies effective June 10. For companies that got their own rates, AD duty cash deposit requirements will take effect Sept. 8.
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Sept. 4 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:
On Sept. 4 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 Sept. 3 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
On Sept. 4 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Special Import Quota #4 for upland cotton that will be established on Sept. 11, allowing importation of 14,741,821 kilograms (67,709 bales) of upland cotton. It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Dec. 9, and entered into the U.S. by March 9, 2015. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally-adjusted average rate for the period March through May, the most recent three months for which data are available.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is almost done working through an enforcement backlog and has reduced the investigation timeline by nearly half over the past three years, according to a message to stakeholders from APHIS Administrator Kevin Shea. In 2011, APHIS had about 2,100 open regulatory violation cases, but that number has dropped by 80 percent to about 410. Having worked through the backlog, APHIS’ Investigation and Enforcement Services division is now able to process new cases immediately, reducing the time it takes to investigate and take action on an alleged violation from 632 to 328 days, said Shea.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board announced its approval of the reorganization under the Alternative Site Framework of FTZ 62 in Brownsville, Texas. The zone will now cover all of Cameron County. Under the Alternative Site Framework reorganization, companies will now be able to request subzone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process.