The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China (A-570-848) which sets an AD cash deposit rate for two exporters and rescinds this administrative review with respect to three exporters1. These rates, which are effective April 10, 2012, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products from Korea (A-580-836) which sets an AD cash deposit rate for one manufacturer/exporter. This rate, which is effective April 10, 2012, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails April 9, 2012, announcing changes to some 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.
From March 21 to March 23, 2012, the Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service said the Regional Committee on North America & South West Pacific (CCNASWP) is requesting comments by June 22, 2012, on national food control systems, consumer participation in food standards setting, and the use of Codex standards at the national level. Details follow:
The Foreign Agriculture Service reports that private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 165,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2012/2013 marketing year. The marketing year for soybeans began September 1.
The Farm Service Agency issued a notice specifying the fee schedule, effective April 4, 2012, for the new Export Food Aid Commodities (EFAC) licensing agreement offered by the FSA under the U.S. Warehouse Act (USWA). Agricultural products that may be stored under an EFAC licensing agreement include, but are not limited to, corn soy blend, vegetable oil, and pulses such as peas, beans, and lentils.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking additional comments by May 10, 2012 on an existing information collection on the transfer of cargo to a container station. CBP is proposing to extend this information collection with no change to the burden hours or information collected.
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 April 6, 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.
During the week of April 2 through April 8, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: