With the March 31 deadline for filing 2012 Foreign Trade Zone annual reports approaching, the FTZ Board will hold a series of webinars on submission of reports through the Online FTZ Information System (OFIS). The webinars will supplement training videos and tutorials on the FTZ Board’s website (here), it said. The webinars will be held on the following dates:
The Bureau of Industry Security plans a partially open meeting of the Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee Jan. 23-24 in San Diego. In the Jan. 23 public session, ISTAC will hear working group reports and industry presentations. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first served basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov by Jan. 16.
The Bureau of Industry Security scheduled a partially open meeting of the Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee (SITAC) Jan. 29 in Washington, D.C. In the public session, SITAC will hear remarks from BIS management, hear industry presentations, and discuss new business. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first served basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov no later than Jan. 22.
Allegheny Steel Corp. and North American Stainless appealed the Court of International Trade’s November dismissal of a challenge to the results of a sunset review that resulted in the 2010 revocation of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel sheet and strip from Italy, Germany, and Mexico. In its injury determination in the sunset review, the International Trade Commission had said that ThyssenKrupp’s U.S. subsidiary had effectively become part of U.S. industry, and had effective control over imports from affiliates in Italy, Germany, and Mexico. CIT upheld that determination.
Judge William Bryson retired from active service on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Jan. 6. Bryson has been a member of the court since 1994. He will continue to hear cases as a judge in senior status.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement deported a man who conspired to illegally ship highly specialized vacuum pump equipment with nuclear applications from the U.S. to Iran, it said. Amirhossein Sairafi was released from federal prison and immediately deported from Chicago via commercial flight, arriving Jan. 4 in Tehran, Iran.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Jan. 4, 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 Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule that would require Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventative Controls (HARPC) at food facilities, with some exceptions, pursuant to its Food Safety and Modernization Act mandate. HARPC would be similar to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) requirements currently in place for seafood, meat and poultry, and juice, FDA said, and would apply to any food facility, foreign or domestic, selling food in the U.S. The proposed rule features a staggered effective date, dependent on the size of the food facility. This proposed rule would also revise definitions in FDA’s registration regulations to clarify the scope of the exemption for farms from registration requirements.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Jan. 4 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 International Trade Commission is asking for comments by Jan. 15 on InterDigital’s Section 337 patent complaint against imports of certain wireless devices with 3G and/or 4G capabilities and components thereof from Samsung, Nokia, ZTE and Huawei. InterDigital is requesting the ITC issue limited exclusion and cease and desist orders. Examples of products that InterDigital is seeking to exclude include the Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab, and Galaxy Note; the Nokia Lumia 822 and 920; the ZTE Avail, JetPack, and 4G Hotspot; and the Huawei MediaPad, USBConnect, Activa, and My Touch. Proposed respondents are as follows: