The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on pure magnesium from China (A-570-832). Commerce continued to find the only respondent, affiliated companies Tianjin Magnesium International, Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (TMI/TMM), had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. As such, this company's AD cash deposit rate will remain at the zero percent rate set for TMI/TMM in the most recent prior administrative review in December (see 13123126).
The Commerce Department will require countervailing duty cash deposits on imports of calcium hypochlorite from China, it said in a May 20 fact sheet. The agency found a CV duty rate of 71.72% for all Chinese companies in its preliminary determination. The final determination in this investigation is currently due in September. ITT will have more details on the preliminary rates when Commerce publishes its preliminary determination in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that non-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from South Korea (A-580-872) and Taiwan (A-583-851) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of NOES from South Korea ad Taiwan effective May 22.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from Germany (A-428-843) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency found "critical circumstances" for CD Walzholz and Thyssenkrupp, and will impose retroactive AD duty cash requirements on entries from those companies effective Feb. 21. For all other Germany companies, AD duty cash deposit requirements will take effect May 22.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from China (A-570-996), Japan (A-588-872) and Sweden (A-401-809) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Due to a finding of "critical circumstances," the agency will impose retroactive AD duty cash requirements on entries of NOES from China, Japan and Sweden effective Feb. 21.
On May 20 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 is proposing to reclassify rapid influenza detection test systems from class I to class II. The reclassification would apply to antigen-based rapid influenza virus antigen detection test systems used to detect influenza virus directly from clinical specimens that are currently regulated as influenza virus serological reagents. It would make the test systems subject to premarket notification, and would designate special controls the agency deemed necessary for safe use. FDA would also change the name of the products to "influenza virus antigen detection test systems.” Comments on the reclassification are due by Aug. 7.
On May 20 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 21:
The Capital Region Airport Commission submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 207 under the Alternative Site Framework, and expand the zone to cover 30 counties and 5 independent cities in central Virginia, according to an FTZ Board Federal Register notice. Under the reorganization, the zone's service area would cover Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Essex, Greensville, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Richmond and Westmoreland Counties, as well as the Cities of Colonial Heights, Emporia, Hopewell, Petersburg and Richmond. The proposed reorganization under the Alternative Site Framework would streamline processes for the designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within that service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on the application are due by July 21.