The International Trade Administration published notices in the Jan. 9 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):
The International Trade Administration is extending until March 1 the deadline for domestic interested parties to notify of their intent to participate in the antidumping duty sunset review of fresh tomatoes from Mexico (A-201-840). The deadline was originally set for 15 days after publication of the initiation of the sunset review in the Federal Register, or Dec. 18, but that deadline has already been extended to Feb. 1. Florida tomato growers are currently attempting to terminate the agreement suspending an AD investigation, which has been in place since 1996, in a related changed circumstances review. The ITA said it is extending its sunset review deadlines because of the complexity of the proceedings.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review magnesium metal from China (A-570-896). The only reviewed company, Tianjin Magnesium International Co., did not have any reviewable transactions during the period of review, but the ITA said it will not rescind this review for that company until the final results. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rates for these company.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review of hand trucks and certain parts thereof from China (A-570-891). The only reviewed company, New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., was preliminarily assigned an AD rate of 9.48 percent. The ITA said it intends to rescind this review with respect to two companies1 in the final results. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rates for these company.
The International Trade Administration made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that xanthan gum from Austria (A-433-811) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The ITA found a preliminary AD rate of 17.18 percent, which is effective Jan. 10. CBP is expected to implement these AD cash deposit/bond requirements soon. Pursuant to the ITA's October 2011 final rule, no bond will be accepted in lieu of a cash deposit.
The International Trade Administration made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that xanthan gum from China (A-570-985) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The ITA found preliminary AD rates of 21.69 to 154.07 percent, which are effective Jan. 10. CBP is expected to implement these AD cash deposit/bond requirements soon. Pursuant to the ITA's October 2011 final rule, no bond will be accepted in lieu of a cash deposit.
On Jan. 8 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Jan. 8 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is expanding its electronic stakeholder registry to include APHIS’ Animal Care, Biotechnology Regulatory Services, International Services, and Wildlife Services programs. The registry, which allows users to sign up for email or text alerts according to their interests, already covers Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and Veterinary Services programs. Subscriptions are available here.
The Court of International Trade denied a rehearing of a case where it affirmed the International Trade Administration’s rescission of an antidumping new shipper review on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890). In its request for the new shipper review, plaintiff Marvin Furniture (Shanghai) had told the ITA that its first entries of subject merchandise to the U.S. occurred in June 2011. But after the ITA initiated the review, CBP found earlier entries of subject merchandise from Marvin. Given this new information, the ITA rescinded the new shipper review because Marvin’s review request did not meet the statutory requirements. In its request for rehearing, Marvin argued that the affirmance included several semantic errors, but CIT said Marvin’s assertions were a mischaracterization of the opinion.