The Environmental Protection Agency set production and consumption allowances for hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) for 2012-2014 in a final rule. The rule implements a 2009 ruling of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Arkema, Inc. v. EPA that said an accelerated schedule for elimination of production and use of HCFCs was impermissibly retroactive (see ). The final rule reduces consumption allowances, which allow production or import, of HCFC-22; raises production allowances for both HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b; and maintains consumption allowances for HCFC-142b at about their current levels.
On April 1 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
During the week of March 25-31, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts (not otherwise listed on the FDA's new and revised import alerts page) on the detention without physical examination and/or surveillance of:
On April 1 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 1 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Court of International Trade denied the Wind Tower Trade Coalition’s request for preliminary injunction against liquidation of entries of merchandise subject to the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on utility scale wind towers from China and Vietnam, but made during the provisional measures period. The court had temporarily enjoined liquidation of the entries March 4, because of a pending challenge to the effective date of the AD/CV duty orders resulting from the investigations (see 13030820). Because of the injury vote in the investigations, the orders did not cover entries made between the preliminary determination and the AD/CV duty orders.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 1, 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.)
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 1 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 Administration announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by April 30 for producers and exporters subject to eight antidumping duty orders with April anniversary dates. Affected products include activated carbon, frontseating service valves, and magnesium metal.
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission initiated the five-year Sunset Review of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China, Korea, Mexico, and Turkey (A-570-914 / C-570-915, A-580-859, A-201-836, A-489-815); and the AD/CV duty orders on polyethylene terephthlate (PET) film from India and Taiwan (A-533-824 / C-533-825, A-583-837).