The Bureau of Industry and Security issued a final rule, effective Jan. 16, removing from the Entity List four persons, modifying one entry, and removing another redundant entry. Some of these changes resulted from the End-user Review Committee’s annual review of entities in the United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Cyprus, France, and Iran.
RichTek filed a cross-appeal with the Federal Circuit of the International Trade Commission’s Section 337 patent enforcement case on certain DC-DC controllers and products containing same (337-TA-698). In the ITC’s final determination, it levied a $620,000 fine against uPI Semiconductor for violations of a consent order. The administrative law judge had originally recommended a $750,000 fine. uPI Semiconductor filed its appeal Jan. 11.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Jan. 14, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The Center for Food Safety moved for judgment Jan. 11 in its action to compel the Food and Drug Administration to issue seven long-overdue regulations required by the Food Safety Modernization Act.1 The non-profit is seeking court orders from the Northern California District Court mandating a timetable for FDA implementation of FSMA provisions on produce safety, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventative Controls, the Foreign Supplier Verification Program, and third-party auditing, among other things. “Congress enacted FSMA to end the ongoing epidemic of food contamination in our country and its concomitant harms to our nation’s health and economy,” CFS said. “Yet, without its implementing regulations, the statute is an empty vessel.”
The United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel posted presentation slides from its Jan. 9 annual conference in New York. Presenters spoke on the following topics during the conference:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission postponed its vote on a draft proposed rule to change product safety certifications of compliance. The vote was originally scheduled for Jan. 16. According to Commissioner Nancy Nord, the rule would require electronic filing of CPSC compliance certificates along with other entry documents, and add new required data elements. It would also require the manufacturer or labeler to file the compliance certificate if the product is directly received by a consumer, she said.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Jan. 14 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
Clenergy (Xiamen) Technology Co.’s solar panel mounting systems fall outside of the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967 / C-570-968), said the International Trade Administration. The mounting systems, as imported from China, are finished goods kits that are excluded from coverage by the scope language of the AD and CV duty orders, it said.
On Jan. 11 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Jan. 11 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports: