A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 12, 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.)
CBP has resolved the issue with processing some application Identifier PN (Periodic Daily Statement Debit Authorizations and/or Entry Summary Acceptance) transactions in district 27 (Los Angeles), it said in a CSMS message. A June 10 CSMS message had reported delays in processing district 27 PN transactions that caused a new June Periodic Monthly Statement number to be generated (see 13061212).
CBP Los Angeles Field Operations provided updated information on the commodities and personnel assigned to import specialist and entry teams at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport, in Public Bulletin No. LA13-021. The guide lists the merchandise assignments, supervisor names and telephone numbers of the LA/LB import specialist and entry teams in effect as of June 2. The updated list should be used as a supplement to Bulletin LA13-016, issued in November, said CBP L.A. The changes are being made to align assignments with the new electronics Center for Excellence and Expertise, it said. A complete updated commodity list will be issued at a later date, CBP said.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the dismissal of a test case on gender and age discrimination by Harmonized Tariff Schedule provisions for footwear and apparel. Rack Room, Skiz Imports, and Forever 21 argued that different duty rates for men’s, women’s and children’s footwear and apparel violate the equal protection clause of the constitution. According to the appeals court ruling, the outcome of 171 lawsuits depended on the result of this test case. As had the Court of International Trade in 2012, CAFC decided the companies failed to demonstrate Congressional intent to discriminate, and so failed to prove a violation of the equal protection clause.
FDAImports.com and Benjamin L. England and Associates hired Ge Song as an attorney and Yun-Sang Cheah as a regulatory specialist.
Canadian customs broker Russell A. Farrow Ltd is changing its name to “Farrow” as part of an overall move to a new brand. Randy Motley, president of the Windsor-based broker’s Canadian operations, said he hopes the move will help “generate new business that will see us expand our job base in regional centers like Windsor, Cambridge, Detroit, Toronto, Edmonton, and Seattle.”
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the June 12 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 asking for comments by June 21 on public interest factors arising from Emir Tiar and Radcliffe’s June 7 complaint alleging violations of Section 337 by Disney, Thunderbird, and Mindset’s imports of a television show. The petition alleges “Mr. Young,” a children’s program shown on the Disney Channel, violates a copyright held by Tiar on an earlier pilot program it purportedly copied. The allegedly infringing show is currently being produced in Canada and imported into the U.S., the petition said. Tiar and Radcliffe are requesting exclusion and cease and desist orders against the proposed respondents.
The Commerce Department published notices in the June 12 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):
Salem Steel’s electric resistance welded mechanical and hydraulic tubing is not subject to the antidumping duty order on welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes from India (A-533-502), said the Commerce Department in a June 7 final scope ruling. Salem’s tubing differs from standard pipe because it is produced to stringent standards, the agency said. It is also made to order in non-standard pipe and tubing sizes, which means it can’t be substituted for subject standard pipe.