The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from China (A-570-891), which sets an AD cash deposit rate for one exporter, New-Tec. This rate, which is effective July 16, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
On July 12 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On July 12 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for July 6-12:
The Agricultural Marketing Service issued a proposed rule to amend the United States Standards for Grades of Almonds in the Shell by shifting the basis from count to weight in the standards for determining the percentage of internal defects in an inspection sample of almonds in the shell. In addition to simplifying the grading process, AMS said, the weight basis would yield a more accurate percentage of internal defects. For example, due to its lower weight relative to a fully formed kernel, a shriveled kernel has a smaller impact on the percentage of internal defects when the sample is weighed rather than counted, AMS said. Comments on the proposal are due by Aug. 15.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for July 13:
On July 12, the Office of Foreign Assets Control made the following changes to the Specially Designated Nationals list [reason for addition in brackets]:
The Bureau of Industry and Security issued an export denial order prohibiting exports by Humane Restraint, Inc. of Wis. to any destination except Canada for a period of two years, and pay a penalty of $465,000, of which all but $50,000 is suspended as per a settlement agreement, among other things. The denial order allows Humane Restraint to export under previously approved Bureau of Industry and Security licenses. According to the order, Humane Restraint exported various restraint devices, such as strait jackets, bed restraints, and wrist and ankle restraints, which are classified under ECCN 0A982 and controlled for Crime Control (CC) reasons), to Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom without the required license. The order also alleges that Human Restraint acted with knowledge that such activities are violations of the Export Administration Regulations
The Bureau of Industry and Security issued two Federal Register notices, set to be published in the July 16 Federal Register, correcting the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) at 15 CFR 772 (Definition of Terms) and 15 CFR 774 (Commerce Control List). The corrections to definitions remove a term and a note and add three terms, while the corrections to the CCL amend 11 ECCNs.
The Department of Justice reported the unsealing of charges against Saeed Talebi, an Iranian national arrested July 12 in connection with a scheme to illegally export from the United States to Iran parts and goods designed for use in industrial operations. According to the indictment, on numerous occasions throughout 2011, Talebi and others worked to ship industrial parts and goods from United States-based firms to Dubai, acting through a company identified in the Indictment as “Company-1.” These items were then to be sent to various petrochemical companies located in Iran without the required OFAC export license, DOJ said. In the course of this scheme, Talebi also caused money to be wired to the United States, including over $300,000 sent to a bank account in Manhattan.