The Justice Department charged 11 members of a Russian military procurement network that operated in the U.S. and Russia, as well as a Texas-based export company and a Russian military procurement firm with illegally exporting high-tech microelectronics from the U.S. to Russian military and intelligence agencies, it said. Alexander Fishenko, owner of the Texas firm and an executive at the Russian company, was also charged with operating as an unregistered agent of the Russian government inside the U.S. by illegally procuring the high-tech microelectronics on behalf of the Russian government.
The U.S. government appealed the Court of International Trade’s ruling in Atar, S.r.L. v. United States. On July 31, CIT finally affirmed, on the International Trade Administration’s third try, the ITA’s use of constructed value in calculating antidumping duties for the 2004-05 administrative review of pasta from Italy. Atar's’AD rate fell from 18.18 percent to 11.76 percent as a result. Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit docketing notice.
The Court of International Trade denied without prejudice the government’s motion to amend its complaint in United States v. Active Frontier International because the government didn’t include the actual amended complaint in its motion. CIT had given the government a second chance in its Aug. 30 AFI ruling, where CBP attempted to recover penalties from AFI because of false country of origin markings. CIT said CBP didn’t demonstrate that the false statements were “material” for penalty purposes and denied the government’s penalty claim, but allowed CBP to amend its complaint to demonstrate materiality.
The Court of International Trade proposed changes to the CIT rules, as recommended by CIT’s Advisory Committee on Rules. The changes pertain to Rules 3, 5, 56, 56.2, 65, 73.2, 75, and 81; Forms 5, 11, 14 (new) and 18A (new); Specific Instructions for Forms 11, 14 (new) and 18A (new); Administrative Order 02-01; the Appendix on Access to Business Proprietary Information Pursuant to Rule 73.2(c); and the Standard Chambers Procedures, including new Forms SCP 1, SCP 2, SCP 3 and SCP 4. Comments are due by Nov. 2.
The Food and Drug Administration is still working out the details of its reorganization and the creation of a new Office of Enforcement and Import Operations (OEIO), but has put into place the leadership for the new office. OEIO will be overseen by the new Office of Operations, which will in turn report to the associate commissioner for regulatory affairs.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of Oct. 3, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Oct. 3 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 is considering issuing a limited exclusion order several companies' coenzyme Q10 products for use as "heart healthy" nutritional supplements and in "anti-aging" cosmetics, and is asking for comments by Oct. 29 on any relevant public interest factors. Kaneka Corporation of Japan alleges that the products infringe its patents. The administrative law judge in the case recommended limited exclusion orders against the following companies:
The International Trade Commission is considering issuing a limited exclusion order against Apple iPhones and iPads, and is asking for comments by Oct. 22 on any relevant public interest factors. Samsung alleges that Apple's devices infringe its patents. The administrative law judge issued the final initial determination in this Section 337 investigation of certain electronic devices, including wireless communication devices, portable music and data processing devices, and tablet computers (337-TA-794) on Sept. 14, finding no violation of Section 337.
The International Trade Administration initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801) at the request of Golden Quality Seafood Corp. The ITA will determine if this company is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the Vietnam-wide entity rate it currently receives.