The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for May 8 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
On May 8, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Foreign Agricultural Service amended the availability credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity Credit Corporation's Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2013, for the following countries/regions:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service announced new guarantee fee rates to be charged for coverage under the Commodity Credit Corporation’s Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102). These new guarantee fee rates will apply to applications for payment guarantees and amendment requests received on or after May 10, 12:01 a.m. (ET). FAS said program participants should be aware that guarantee fee rates may change at any time.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 8, 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.)
A blended syrup consisting of mostly Brazilian cane sugar with some U.S. corn syrup does not undergo a substantial transformation, because it remains a sugar syrup, said CBP in a classification and country of origin ruling. Therefore, the country of origin of the product is Brazil, it said.
Boots without fasteners, designed to be pulled on with the hands, are “footwear of the slip-on type” for tariff classification purposes, said the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a May 8 decision. CAFC affirmed the Court of International Trade’s April 2012 ruling against Deckers Outdoor Corporation, which had argued its "Uggs" boots should instead be classified in a basket provision because “slip-on” refers to shoes not extending above the ankle.
The Commerce Department published notices in the May 8 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 Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on magnesium metal from China (A-570-896). The agency made no changes from its preliminary results, continuing to find sole respondent Tianjin Magnesium International, Co., Ltd. had no reviewable shipments during the period of review. TMI will continue to receive the AD rate last assigned to it, Commerce said.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said it reached a $987,500 settlement with Williams-Sonoma for the company’s alleged failure to report a defect in its imported hammock stands. According to CPSC, the support beams were susceptible to rotting, presenting a fall and laceration hazard to users.