The International Trade Commission released April 29 the public version of its confidential report on the economic effects of designating five new products eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences, as well as providing a competitive need limitation waiver for calcium-silicon from Brazil. Because the report is confidential, the advice ITC is providing the U.S. Trade Representative is redacted. The confidential version of the report was submitted to the USTR April 8, the ITC said. Products being considered for addition to GSP duty-free eligibility in this 2012 review are classified in the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings:
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 30 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 Commerce Department published notices in the April 30 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 is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil (A-351-832 / C-351-833), Indonesia (A-560-910), Mexico (A-201-830), Moldova (A-841-805), Trinidad and Tobago (A-274-804), and Ukraine (A-823-812); the AD/CV duty orders on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China (A-570-910 / C-570-911); and the AD duty order on silicomanganese from Russia (A-821-817), in their automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in June. Advance notice is given because automatic sunset reviews have short deadlines. An order will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and the ITC finds that revocation would result in continuation or recurrence of material injury to a U.S. industry. As a result, a negative determination by either Commerce or the ITC would result in the revocation of these orders.
The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by May 31 for producers and exporters subject to 27 antidumping duty orders and five countervailing duty orders with May anniversary dates.
The Commerce Department initiated administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with March anniversary dates. The agency said it intends to issue the final results of these reviews no later than March 31, 2014.
On April 29 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
During the week of April 22-28, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts (not otherwise listed on the FDA's new and revised import alerts page) on the detention without physical examination and/or surveillance of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued an order debarring Ashley Brandon Foyle for five years from providing services to any person that has an approved or pending drug product application, in connection with his 2010 conviction for introducing and delivering into commerce a misbranded drug. Foyle had imported omeprazole from Muhi Trading Corporation, and his company Omega Biotech had repackaged and sold the drug. Neither Foyle, Omega, or Muhi Trading were registered to manufacture, prepare, propagate, compound, or process drugs, FDA said.
On April 29, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: