The International Trade Administration’s Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee will meet Feb. 26 at 9 a.m. ET in Washington, D.C. to outline issues and policies that affect environmental trade going forward. The committee will also discuss the status of the U.S. Environmental Export Initiative. The ITA is accepting comments at any time before or after the meeting, it said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Jan. 18, 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 U.S. government appealed the Court of International Trade’s November ruling in International Custom Products v. U.S. on the legality of rate advancing entries of merchandise subject to ruling letters, without a notice and comment period. The case has been ongoing since 2005, after CBP issued a Notice of Action increasing ICP's duty liability on some white sauce entries by 2,400 percent, despite having issued a contrary ruling letter in 1999 on ICP's white sauce. After the appeals court overturned a CIT ruling against CBP on jurisdiction concerns, ICP filed its current challenge in 2007, arguing that the Notice of Action was in fact a revocation of the 1999 ruling letter, and CBP should have allowed for notice and comment pursuant to 19 USC 1625.
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by March 4 in connection with the 2012 Annual Review of the Generalized System of Preferences. The ITC is considering the effects of adding four products to the list of articles eligible for GSP benefits, as well as competitive need limitation waivers on 12 Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings for certain countries. The ITC will hold a hearing in connection with its investigation on Feb. 27 in Washington, D.C.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Jan. 18 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 Jan. 18 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 of stainless steel bar from Brazil (A-351-825) for Villares Metals S.A. The ITA calculated a preliminary zero AD rate for the company. If the ITA continues to find a zero AD rate for Villares in the final results, it will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of Villares' 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 this company.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its antidumping administrative review of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from Korea (A-580-836) for seven manufacturer/exporters. The ITA preliminarily assigned three of the companies zero rates. The other four companies did not export to the U.S. during the period of review.1 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 amended its final results of the antidumping administrative review of certain steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932) for RMB Fasteners Ltd., and IFI & Morgan Ltd. The RMB/IFI group’s AD rate went up to 21.15 percent (from 19.68 percent) as a result of the ITA’s correction of a calculation error. These amended final results are effective Jan. 22.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of chlorinated isocyanurates from China (A-570-898) for four companies, finding AD rates of 29.91 to 38.25 percent. The new rate is effective Jan. 22, and will be implemented by CBP soon.