A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Oct. 23, 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 http://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.)
Mexico's Diario Oficial of Oct. 23, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established a panel to decide the U.S. challenge of Chinese antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. automobiles, in an Oct. 23 meeting. China said it regretted formation of the panel, and had hoped to work out the dispute through consultations, the WTO reported. The DSB also referred to arbitration and established a compliance panel for the European Union’s complaint that the U.S. has not implemented the WTO’s adverse ruling against subsidies provided to Boeing.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Oct. 23 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 Administration preliminarily found that Apex Frozen Foods Private Limited is the successor-in-interest to Apex Exports, and is entitled to Apex Exports' antidumping cash deposit rate of 2.51 percent, in a changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India (A-533-840). The ITA said record evidence indicates that the company underwent a change from a partnership to a limited liability company and changed its name, but retained Apex Exports' management and organization structure, operations and production facilities, and supplier and customer relationships.
The International Trade Administration recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on hardwood and decorative plywood from China (A-570-986 and C-570-987, respectively). The ITA will determine whether imports of hardwood plywood from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, and whether manufacturers, producers, or exporters of hardwood plywood from China receive countervailable subsidies.
On Oct. 22 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
During the week of Oct. 15-21, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts (not otherwise listed on the FDA's new and revised import alerts page) on the detention without physical examination and/or surveillance of:
The Food and Drug Administration formally announced the availability of its final guidance on the “Necessity of the Use of Food Product Categories in Food Facility Registrations and Updates to Food Product Categories” in a notice set for publication in the Oct. 24 Federal Register. The guidance was issued Oct. 19, in conjunction with the beginning of food facility registration renewal. The guidance includes FDA’s determination that information about food product categories in food facility registrations is necessary for a quick, accurate, and focused response to a food safety related issue or incident, an actual or potential bioterrorist incident, or other food-related emergency, and identifies the additional food product categories included as mandatory fields in food facility registrations, as follows:
On Oct. 22 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports: