Muscle Gauge Nutrition will pay $45,000 in civil penalties, and its co-owner $22,000, to settle charges by the Bureau of Industry and Security that it violated the Export Administration Regulations by attempting to export to Iran without the required authorization. If the company or its co-owner fails to pay any of the three installments on time, additional penalties will be added, interest will accrue, and their export privileges will be denied for one year.
Netherlands freight forwarder Cargo-Partner Network, B.V. will pay a civil penalty totaling $98,000 for violations of the Export Administration Regulations as part of a settlement with the Bureau of Industry and Security. Its New York-based affiliate will also have to perform a compliance audit. CPN is accused of causing, aiding or abetting the unlicensed export of items to Iran; and acting contrary to the terms of a temporary denial order.
The Court of International Trade remanded an International Trade Administration determination that a model of telescoping utility cart exported by plaintiff Welcom Products falls within the scope of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks from China (A-570-891). The ITA didn’t adequately explain its reasoning for ruling that the model at issue is within scope, in light of a 2008 scope determination that a similar model is not, CIT said. CIT also sustained two ITA determinations that other models of utility carts exported by Welcom are not in scope, despite a challenge from defendant-intervenors Gleason.
The Court of International Trade affirmed CBP’s customs classification of “Stampin’ Up!” decorative punches, imported by plaintiff Wilton Industries from Taiwan. Wilton wanted the punches classified as cutting machines under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 8441.10.00, which enter duty free, but CIT said CBP was correct in classifying them as “other perforating punches and similar handtools” under subheading 8203.40.60, dutiable at 3.3 percent. Although Wilton and CBP stipulated that 23 of the models of punches were classified as cutting machines, leaving only 16 of the models in contention, CIT said it had to look at all of the subject merchandise and applied its ruling to all 39 models.
A former employee of a New Jersey defense contractor was convicted Sept. 27 of exporting sensitive U.S. military technology to China, stealing trade secrets and lying to federal agents, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said. Sixing Liu, aka "Steve Liu," a Chinese national, was taken into custody following the verdict, based on risk of flight considerations. Liu was convicted of six counts of violating the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, one count of possessing stolen trade secrets in violation of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, one count of transporting stolen property in interstate commerce and one count of lying to federal agents, ICE said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 28, 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 Sept. 28, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by about Oct. 9 on a patent complaint filed Sept. 25 on behalf of Avago Technologies Fiber IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., which alleges violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the import into the U.S., the sale for import, and the sale within the U.S. after import of certain optoelectronic devices for fiber optic communications, components thereof, and products containing same (D/N 2916). The ITC is asking for comments on any public interest issues that might affect ITC consideration, including whether the issuance of an exclusion order and/or cease and desist order would impact the public interest. The complaint names the following as respondents:
The International Trade Administration is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking certain antidumping and countervailing duty orders in their automatic five-year sunset reviews, which are scheduled to be initiated in November. The ITA and ITC will consider revoking the following AD/CV orders:
The International Trade Administration announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by Oct. 1 for producers and exporters subject to 15 antidumping duty orders, and 2 countervailing duty orders, as well as one suspended antidumping duty investigation, with October anniversary dates. Affected products include wire rod, hangers, and polyvinyl alcohol.