The International Trade Administration rescinded the antidumping new shipper review of honey from Argentina (A-357-812) for D’Ambros María de los Angeles and D’Ambros María Daniela SH, an Argentine partnership doing business as Apícola Danangie. As a result, their temporary AD duty bonding option at the all others AD rate of 30.24% is being discontinued. The ITA will direct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation and collect cash deposits for entries subject to the ongoing administrative review of honey from Argentina for the period Dec. 1, 2010 through Nov. 30, 2011. As the AD order was revoked effective Aug. 2, the ITA will instruct CBP to end suspension of liquidation and not collect AD cash deposits for subject merchandise exported by Apicola Danangie after that date.
The International Trade Administration initiated administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping duty orders with September anniversary dates. The ITA intends to issue the final results of these reviews no later than Sept. 30, 2013.
On Oct. 29 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 29 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 29 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reopened the period for comments on whether and how it should amend our process for responding to domestic chrysanthemum white rust (CWR) outbreaks and the importation of plant material that is a host of CWR. Comments were originally due Oct. 2, but APHIS is reopening the comment period until Nov. 30. APHIS will also accept comments received after the original due date but before publication of this notice reopening the comment period in the Federal Register.
The Bureau of Industry Security will hold an open meeting of the Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C. The committee will hear status reports from working groups and comments from the public. 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 Nov. 8.
The Bureau of Industry Security will hold a partially open meeting of the Materials Technical Advisory Committee Nov. 14 in Washington, D.C. In the public session, the committee will hear remarks from BIS management, hear a presentation on single use technology for bioreactors and the type of applications they are being used for, and hear reports on the Composite Working Group and regime-based activities. 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 Nov. 7.
The Bureau of Industry Security will hold a partially open meeting of the Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee Nov. 13 in Washington, D.C. In the public session, the committee will discuss results from the last Wassenaar meeting and proposals for the next one, and hear a report on recent changes to the Export Administration Regulations. 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 Nov. 6.
A NAFTA panel affirmed the International Trade Administration’s use of zeroing in the 2005-06 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada (A-122-840). Because NAFTA panels must apply the domestic law of the investigating country, the panel had remanded in May the ITA’s use of zeroing in administrative reviews but not investigations for further explanation, in light of Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rulings in JTEKT and Dongbu. The panel found the ITA’s explanation reasonable.