The Court of International Trade again remanded the final results of the 2006-07 antidumping duty administrative review on floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables from China (A-570-888) to reconsider Since Hardware’s rate. Now on its second remand, Commerce reversed position and found Since Hardware was entitled to a separate rate. It had previously held the company submitted false information on inputs, and so had declined to consider all of its submissions, including those on government control. Accordingly, in the original results of the review, it found the company to be part of the China-wide entity. But the court had twice told Commerce that it had to make a separate finding on whether the company was entitled to a separate rate (see 11113026).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 20, 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 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 June 20 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the June 20 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 voted June 18 to begin a Section 337 patent investigation on opaque polymers (337-TA-883) produced by a Turkish company and imported into the U.S. Rohm and Haas and its parent company Dow Chemical requested the investigation on May 21, alleging Organik Kimya, a company headquartered in Turkey with a Dutch subsidiary, manufactures opaque polymers that infringe its patents (see [Ref:13052115}). These infringing products are then imported by Turk International and Aalborz Chemical, the petition said. Rohm and Haas is requesting cease and desist orders and limited exclusion orders blocking import and sale in the U.S. of infringing opaque polymers. The ITC named the following companies as respondents:
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by July 15 on public interest factors related to a possible limited exclusion order banning imports of patent-infringing products from Roku, Inc. containing program guide and parental control technology (337-TA-845). An administrative law judge found no violation of Section 337 in the ITC investigation, which was requested by Rovi, Starsight Telecast, United Video Properties, and Index Systems. But the ALJ recommended that if the commission reverses that finding, it should issue a limited exclusion order.
The Commerce Department published notices in the June 20 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty 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 Commission issued a general exclusion order banning imports of kinesiotherapy devices and components that infringe patents held by Standard Innovation. The commission also issued cease and desist orders prohibiting the following seven respondents to its Section 337 investigation from importing or selling infringing merchandise: LELO, PHE (dba Adam & Eve), Nalpac Enterprises, E.T.C. (dba Eldorado Trading Company), Williams Trading, Honey’s Place, and Lover’s Lane & Co. Although an administrative law judge had originally found no violation of Section 337 because Standard Innovation didn’t satisfy the domestic industry requirement, the commission reversed on review. The orders will now undergo a 60-day presidential review period, during which the administration may veto the bans. The ITC set bond at zero percent during the 60-day review period.
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls June 19:
On June 19 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: