The International Trade Administration announced Samsung Electronics Mexico S.A. de C.V. filed a First Request for Panel Review with the U.S. Section of the NAFTA Secretariat on April 24, 2012, regarding the ITA’s final affirmative antidumping duty determination in its investigation of bottom mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Mexico (A-201-839). The ITA also received an additional request for Panel Review on behalf of LG Electronics Monterrey Mexico, S.A. de C.V. and its affiliate, LG Electronics USA, Inc. on April 25, 2012, regarding the same ITA determination.
During the week of April 24 through April 30, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 2, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 2, 2012, the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board is issuing the following notices for May 3, 2012:
The Census Bureau posted the May 2012 AES Newsletter to its website. The newsletter contains articles that provide guidance on, among other things: (1) the new AES Compliance Rate for filers; (2) its report on importing and exporting companies for 2009-10; (3) how to report the NVOCC "booking number"; (4) the DSP-5 Foreign End User as Ultimate Consignee for AES; (5) new features available in USA Trade Online; and (6) AES Broadcast messages.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of May 2, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
This is a reminder that the additional duties on certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China, imposed for a three-year period as a Section 421 safeguard, are set to expire on September 25, 2012. Under the current statute, the President may extend the safeguard measures until December 2013, following an investigation by the International Trade Commission initiated on the basis of a request by the President (the statute also allows for initiation on the basis of an industry petition, but sources at ITC said that no petition was filed before the statutory deadline). According to sources at ITC, the President has not requested extension of the measure to date.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of May 2, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organization and chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee, reported to the General Council May 1 on progress in the Doha Round, and in particular the work of negotiating groups, according to the WTO. Lamy said the situation had not evolved much since his last report, but that he has a sense that Members wish to explore any opportunities to gain the necessary traction and make tangible progress soon. Highlights of his reports on negotiating groups follow: