The Commerce Department published notices in the April 11 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):
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls April 10 (country of manufacture in parentheses):
On April 10 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
FDA Threatens Guatemalan and Costa Rican Produce Farms with Import Refusal for Unsanitary Conditions
The Food and Drug Administration threatened to refuse imports from Guatemalan and Costa Rican produce farms and packing houses after finding “objectionable conditions and practices” at each, according to two agency warning letters.
On April 10 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The International Trade Administration's Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee will meet May 1 in its first session under the group's new charter. The committee will discuss federal advisory committee service in general, and select subcommittees and nominees for the chair and vice chair. Public seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public wishing to attend the meeting must pre-register by April 26 to obtain clearance into the building. Copies of CINTAC meeting minutes will be available within 90 days of the meeting.
The International Trade Administration’s Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee scheduled two meetings April 26 and May 14 to kick off its recently renewed charter. At the April 26 meeting (here), which will begin at 10 a.m. ET, the committee will discuss the creation of subcommittees and the types of issues they will focus on. The meeting will be by teleconference only, and requests to attend are due by April 24. At the second meeting (here), set for May 14 at 9 a.m., the committee will further discuss the subcommittee structure, and review the status of the Environmental Export Initiative. Requests to attend are due by May 3.
The Court of International Trade remanded aspects of the Commerce Department’s 2009-10 antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand (A-549.821) for reconsideration by the agency. The court faulted Commerce’s calculation of respondent Thai Plastic Bags Industry’s general and administrative expenses, as well as its adjustment of respondent Landblue’s surrogate financial statement. Both issues had been raised by domestic petitioners. CIT sustained Commerce’s decision to use surrogate financial statements for Landblue instead of confidential information from TPBI, despite domestic petitioners’ challenge, as well as Commerce’s use of zeroing and its decision to exclude an export-conditional government rebate from TPBI’s cost of production analysis, both in the face of a challenge by foreign respondents and U.S. importers.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 10 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 Commerce Department issued the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on kitchen appliance shelving and racks from China (C-570-942), which sets a CV cash deposit rate of 12.06 percent for New King Shan (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd. This rate is effective April 11.