On Oct. 16 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 15 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The International Trade Administration will lead a renewable energy and energy efficiency trade mission to Chile April 15-16, 2013. The trade mission will directly precede the International Fair of Technologies, which will be held in Chile on April 17-19, 2013. The mission will focus on: (1) creating a policy environment conducive to growth in Chile’s renewable energy and energy efficiency market; and (2) introducing U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency exporters to key Chilean Government officials. The mission will promote the competitiveness of U.S. wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, hydropower, waste-to-energy, smart grid, and energy efficiency exporters, the ITA said. Recruitment for the mission will begin immediately and conclude by March 1, 2013. The ITA said it will review applications and make selection decisions on a rolling basis.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation reported for the 2012 quarter April 1 through June 30 on foreign assistance provided under section 605 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, and on transfers or allocations of funds to other federal agencies under section 619(b) of the Act.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Oct. 16 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 published notices in the Oct. 16 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 will do an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-552-802) for Grobest & I Mei Industrial (Vietnam) Co. for the period Feb. 1, 2008 -- Jan. 31, 2009, in response to an order from the Court of International Trade. CIT twice remanded the ITA’s refusal to individually review the company, most recently on July 31. In its July 31 opinion, CIT rejected the ITA’s argument that individually reviewing the company would be too burdensome. The ITA failed to provide evidence that such a review would be more burdensome than in any other case, said CIT, so the ITA’s interpretation of “unduly burdensome” would have set too low of a bar for future decisions on whether to individually review companies.
The International Trade Administration issued its final affirmative countervailing duty determination on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (C-570-980), which increased the CV rates for all Chinese companies. Although this final determination takes effect Oct. 17, 2012, ITA will only require CV cash deposits of estimated CV duties if it issues a CV order.
The International Trade Administration issued its final affirmative antidumping duty determination on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (A-570-979). AD rates slightly increased for solar cells exported by Wuxi Suntech, but fell for solar cells exported by Trina Solar and 59 separate rate respondents. This final determination, which is effective Oct. 17, is expected to be implemented by CBP soon.
On Oct. 15 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: