The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for March 20-21:
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements added a certain three-thread fleece fabric with soft hand pigment to the list of items not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner under Annex 3.25 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (CAFTA-DR). The fabric, which is classified in subheading 6001.21 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, was added in unrestricted quantities. Effective March 25, this three-thread fleece fabric with soft hand pigment may be sourced from outside the DR-CAFTA member countries without affecting eligibility for DR-CAFTA treatment.
The Court of International Trade denied Riddell's challenge to CBP's classification of its football pants, jerseys, and girdles, finding the goods to be correctly classified as apparel and not sports equipment. The football uniform components were imported without pads, and as goods are classified in their condition as imported, they did not qualify as sports protective equipment, the court said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website March 21, 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 Agricultural Marketing Service released the Ocean Shipping Container Availability Report (OSCAR) for the week of March 20-26. The weekly report contains data on container availability for westbound transpacific traffic at 18 intermodal locations in the U.S.1 from the eight member carriers of the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA).2 Although the report is compiled by AMS, it covers container availability for all merchandise, not just agricultural products.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of March 21, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the March 21 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 published notices in the March 21 Federal Register on the following AD/CV 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 Administration issued the preliminary results of its antidumping administrative review on polyester stable fiber from Taiwan (A-583-833) for Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC) and Nan Ya Plastics Corporation. The ITA calculated a preliminary zero AD rate for FENC. It also preliminarily found Nan Ya had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. If the ITA continues to find a zero AD rate for FENC in the final results, it will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of FENC's subject merchandise during the period of review without regard to AD duties. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of uncovered innerspring units from China (A-570-928). The ITA continued to find Tai Wa Hong of Macau did not cooperate in the review, and assigned it a final AD rate of 234.51 percent on the basis of adverse facts available. In a change from its preliminary results, the ITA determined that Tai Wa Hong is affiliated with Tai Wa Commercial and Macau Commercial, so all three countries will be subject to the same AD rate. This rate is effective March 22, and will be implemented by CBP soon.