On May 27 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 27, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
As CBP’s work on Air Cargo Advance Screening enters into its rulemaking phase, trade officials gave their final recommendations on the program during the May 22 meeting of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) in Miami. In its final update, the COAC Supply Chain Committee’s ACAS working group urged the alignment of work between CBP and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on the program, as well as international harmonization of similar projects.
The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a final rule to implement its authority to administratively detain adulterated and misbranded drugs, as provided for in the 2012 Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA). The regulations are “closely modeled” on existing provisions on administrative detention of devices, with only minor technical changes, FDA said. They adopt a July 2013 proposed rule without any substantive changes beyond a renumbering (see 13071211). Effective June 30, FDA will be able to administratively detain drugs when an agency official has “reason to believe” they are adulterated or misbranded.
The Food and Drug Administration’s proposed rule on sanitary transportation could impose responsibilities on entities that lack the knowledge of food safety to successfully perform them, said the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America in comments to the agency dated May 22. The proposal's definition of "shipper" is so broad that it could cover customs brokers in some circumstances, and could include multiple supply chain participants for the same shipment, said NCBFAA
Three bills that could result in new product safety and labeling regulations recently advanced in the California legislature. Bills that would require labeling on added-sugar beverages and genetically modified (GM) foods were approved by California Senate committees on May 23. The California Assembly passed another bill on the same day that would ban the sale of microplastic beads in the state.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 27 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the May 27 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 steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932). The agency calculated a preliminary AD rate for one company, the RMB/IFI Group.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on frontseating service valves from China (A-570-933). Commerce recently revoked this AD duty order (see 14051316), so the agency will in the final results only set final assessments of AD duties on service valves for entries in 2012-13, and will not set cash deposit rates for future entries.