The Court of International Trade dismissed claims by domestic plaintiffs Tampa Bay Fisheries, Inc. and Singleton Fisheries, Inc. arising from the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s denial of monetary benefits under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA, or the “Byrd Amendment”). Tampa Bay and Singleton were not included on the ITC’s list of Affected Domestic Producers (ADPs) because of a failure to check the relevant boxes on an ITC questionnaire, and were therefore ineligible to receive Byrd Amendment distributions of antidumping duties collected under AD duty orders on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, Thailand, India, China, Vietnam and Ecuador.
The Court of International Trade affirmed the International Trade Administration’s remand redetermination in the 2008-09 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from China (A-552-801). The remand redetermination, which domestic plaintiffs Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Association (AHSTA) continued to dispute, was pursuant to a 2011 CIT order to further explain or reconsider its decision to rely exclusively on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Form 7501 data for entries designated as “Type 03”1 when selecting mandatory respondents in the review.
The Mexican Secretary of Economy welcomed a letter from a group of U.S. Congressmen expressing support for the inclusion of Mexico in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. The March 30 letter, sent to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk by a group of 28 Congressmen led by Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Francisco Canseco (R-TX), recognized the importance of the U.S.-Mexico commercial relationship, particularly the integration of production chains in North America to promote economic recovery and strengthen competitiveness in both countries. The legislators also noted the similarities between the U.S.-Mexican bilateral commercial agenda and the objectives of the TPP, and stated that Mexico is ready to meet the TPP’s high standards.
The International Trade Administration said it has formalized a new export promotion partnership with the National District Export Council (NDEC). Through the new partnership, the ITA and NDEC will jointly support the efforts of 59 local District Export Councils (DECs) to promote U.S. exports. DECs are groups of international business professionals that are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. A 16-member DEC National Steering Committee represents more than 1,300 local DEC members, and serves as a liaison to ITA. The NDEC is a private, non-profit corporation that was independently established by members of the DEC National Steering Committee.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 2, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a report entitled “The Chinese Communist Party and Its Emerging Next-Generation Leaders”. The report is divided into four sections, as follows: (i) The Role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in China’s Political System; (ii) Leadership Succession in the CCP; (iii) Rising Figures in the “Fifth Generation” of the CCP; and (iv) Rising Figures in the “Sixth Generation” of the CCP. Two subsequent reports, to be released in June and August, will detail China’s emerging leaders in the People’s Liberation Army and in state-controlled industry.
The International Trade Commission voted to institute an investigation of certain digital models, digital data, and treatment plans for use in making incremental dental positioning adjustment appliances, the appliances made therefrom, and methods of making the same. The products at issue in this investigation are incremental dental positioning adjustment appliances, or orthodontic aligners, and the digital models, digital data, and treatment plans used to manufacture those appliances (337-TA-833).
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 2 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 giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping duty order on polyester staple fiber from China (A-570-905) in their automatic five-year sunset reviews of the order, which is scheduled to be initiated in May 2012.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances review of low enriched uranium from France (A-427-818). The ITA , making no changes to the preliminary results of the changed circumstances review, determines that it is appropriate to issue, for one entry only, an amendment to the scope of the order to extend by 18 months the deadline otherwise applicable to Eurodif S.A. and AREVA NP Inc. for the reexportation of one entry of low enriched uranium to no later than November 1, 2013.