A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of May 16, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://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 report on detection and deterrence of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duties released by the Government Accountability Office May 17 said U.S. Customs and Border Protection efforts are hindered by a lack of information sharing and tracking. The report, entitled “Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Management Enhancements Needed to Improve Efforts to Detect and Deter Duty Evasion,” examines (1) how CBP detects and deters AD/CV duty evasion; (2) factors that affect CBP’s efforts to detect and deter AD/CV duty evasion; and (3) the extent to which CBP tracks and reports on its efforts. GAO also recommended several actions CBP can take to more effectively address AD/CV duty evasion. ITT will provide a comprehensive summary of the report in a future issue.
The Agricultural Marketing Service announced the appointment of two members and two alternates to the Cotton Board. The terms of the member positions, one California producer and one importer, expire on December 31, 2014, and the terms of the alternate member positions, both importer positions, expire on December 31, 2013. The appointed producer member from California is Aaron Barcellos, Los Banos, California. Roger Glaspey from Fresno, California, is the appointed importer member. The appointed alternate importer members are Sapna Sapru, Forest Hills, New York; and Kris Arabia, Orlando, Florida.
The Agricultural Marketing Service announced five appointments to the 15-member National Pork Board. Newly appointed members representing pork producers include: Craig Mensink, Preston, Minnesota and Carl Link, Fort Recovery, Ohio. Members reappointed to the board include: Brad Greenway, Mitchell, South Dakota; Dale Norton, Bronson, Michigan; and Lisa Colby, Newburyport, Massachusetts.. The five appointees will each serve 3-year terms.
Mexican Secretary of Economy Bruno Ferrari and European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani signed letters of intent regarding industrial cooperation, raw materials, and small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) at a meeting in Mexico on May 14-15. In the letters, Mexico and the European Union pledged to: (1) create a foundation for industrial cooperation to link the Mexican and EU industrial sectors and act as a mechanism for Mexico and the EU to exchange information and best practices; (2) promote a dialogue between the EU and Mexico on raw materials; and (3) deepen cooperation and explore new areas of mutual interest in the SMEs sector.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the May 16, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration is amending its recently published final results for its antidumping duty administrative review of lightweight thermal paper from Germany (A-428-840) in order to correct an error in the AD cash deposit rate for Papierfabrik August Koehler AG. The amended rate, which is effective May 16, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
During the week of May 1 through May 7, 2012, 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 of:
On May 15, 2012, the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board is issuing the following notices for May 16, 2012: