The Court of International Trade denied a motion by two Korean producer/exporters to amend a preliminary injunction against liquidation of entries of merchandise subject to the revoked antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from Korea in order to permit liquidation of subject merchandise entered on or after the effective date of revocation of the order. In the same opinion, the CIT also allowed the domestic plaintiffs (Diamond Sawblades Manufacturing Coalition) to amend their complaint in the case, as the ITA’s final section 129 determination for diamond sawblades from Korea altered the effect of the results of the AD final determination at issue in the litigation.
The Court of International Trade denied, without prejudice, the U.S. Government’s motion for default judgment against Country Flavor Corp. in the sum of $617,562.00 as a civil penalty for negligence, as well as $34,363.45 for lost revenue, for unpaid antidumping duties on 13 entries of frozen fish that Country Flavor imported from Vietnam in 2006. While the CIT ruled that, as Country Flavor defaulted and made no attempt to demonstrate that it acted with reasonable care, the Government demonstrated negligence, the CIT also ruled that the U.S. Government failed to provide a basis for determining either the appropriate amount of civil penalty to be imposed or the amount of antidumping duties that remained unpaid.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of March 28, 2012 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
According to the International Trade Commission, a section 337 patent complaint on certain computer and computer peripheral devices and components thereof and products containing same was filed on behalf of Technology Properties Limited, LLC on March 27, 2012. The proposed respondents are:
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by about April 6, 2012, on a patent complaint filed on behalf of Microchip Technology Incorporated which alleges violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the U.S., the sale for importation, and the sale within the U.S. after importation of certain semiconductor integrated circuit devices and products containing same (D/N 2888). 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 Food Safety and Inspection Service reports that a Codex electronic working group (eWG) will meet to discuss animal feed.
In its October 2011 Automated Export System (AES) Newsletter, the Census Bureau provided guidance on determining whether a shipment is routed. The article states that a routed transaction is one where the Foreign Principal Party of Interest (FPPI) facilitates the movement of goods out of the U.S. Conversely, if the USPPI selects and authorizes the freight forwarder to move the goods out of the country, it is considered a standard transaction (not a “Routed Transaction”).
In its first step toward implementing the WTO's findings in three zeroing disputes, the International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its section 129 proceedings to recalculate, pursuant to the USTR's instructions, the antidumping cash deposit rates currently in effect for certain companies whose merchandise is subject to 8 AD duty orders on certain products originating from the European Union and Japan. The ITA has preliminarily found AD cash deposit rates of zero for 25 companies, and found reduced AD rates for 7 companies (one company’s rate is unchanged1). These preliminary AD cash deposit rates are not in effect.
On March 23, 2012 the U.S. Trade Representative notified the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of its decision to appeal an adverse DSB panel ruling against U.S. country of origin labeling (COOL) requirements for retail meat products.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a significant new use rule (SNUR) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for hexabromocyclodecane (HBCD). This proposed rule would designate “use in consumer textiles, other than for use in motor vehicles” as a significant new use. This action would require persons who intend to manufacture (including import) or process HBCD for use in covered consumer textiles to notify the EAP at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The general SNUR article exemption for persons who import or process chemical substances as part of an article would not apply.