The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on lined paper products from China (A-570-901). The ITA rescinded this review with respect to Shanghai Lian Li Paper Products Co. because it had no shipments during the period of review. The ITA also continued to find that affiliated companies Leo's Quality Products Co. and Denmax Plastic Stationary Factory failed to cooperate,1 and so assigned them the China-wide AD rate of 258.21 percent. This rate, which is effective Oct. 9, is expected to be implemented by CBP soon.
On Oct. 4-5 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 5-8 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
Without comment, the Supreme Court denied John Mezzalingua Associates’ bid for a hearing of its appeal of an International Trade Commission patent case and subsequent Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmance of the ITC’s decision. Mezzalingua had claimed it incurred litigation costs to protect its patents for the purpose of later seeking license deals, and so satisfied the domestic industry prong of Section 337 investigations. CAFC agreed with the ITC that the litigation costs do not satisfy the domestic industry requirement, saying that "allowing patent infringement litigation activities alone to constitute a domestic industry would place the bar…so low as to effectively render it meaningless."
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Oct. 4-5, 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.)
On Oct. 4 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails Oct. 4 announcing changes 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.
As export control reform continues, freight forwarders need to be thinking about employee training, monitoring, and systems controls to ensure compliance, said Paulette Kolba, chair of the National Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) Transportation Subcommittee on Export Compliance. Kolba spoke in a webinar Oct. 4 on export control reform along with Bureau of Industry and Security Under Secretary Eric Hirschhorn.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Oct. 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 launched a Section 337 enforcement proceeding in response to petitioner Isola USA’s allegations that Taiwan Union Technology is violating a 2009 consent order. The consent order prohibited importing, offering for sale, and selling for importation into the U.S. of certain prepegs, laminates, and finished circuit boards (337-TA-659) that violated Isola’s patents.