The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 6, 2012, 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 Commission decided to review part of an administrative law judge’s February 2012 final initial determination finding no violation of certain claims of patents held by Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. in its investigation of certain reduced ignition proclivity cigarette paper wrappers and products containing same (337-TA-756). The remaining respondent1 is Julius Glatz GmbH / LIPtec GmbH / KneX Worldwide LLC.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 6, 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 issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes1 from Thailand (A-549-502) for two manufacturer/exporters. 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 rates for these companies.
The U.S. Trade Representative is seeking public comments on Vietnam’s request for consultations with the U.S. about certain antidumping administrative reviews and a sunset review conducted by the International Trade Administration on imports of frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-552-802), referring in particular to “zeroing” (DS 429). Vietnam’s request also indicated that it would like to consult regarding various U.S. laws, regulations, administrative procedures, practices, and methodologies. Comments are due by April 13, 2012.
The Court of International Trade remanded the all-others rate from the final countervailing duty determination of aluminum extrusions from China (C-570-968) to the International Trade Administration for further consideration and explanation. Domestic plaintiffs challenged the ITA’s decision to entirely base the 374.15% all-others rate on the non-cooperative mandatory respondents’ adverse facts available (AFA) rate of the same amount, and omit voluntary respondents’ rates from the all-others calculation. According to plaintiffs, this decision was prohibited by the governing statute, based on an invalidly promulgated regulation, and unreasonable and not supported by substantial evidence. CIT disagreed with plaintiffs' first two arguments, but agreed that the ITA’s methodology was unreasonable and remanded.
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls is seeking comments by June 4, 2012, on extensions of two currently approved information collections regarding prior approval licensing and annual reporting for the brokering of exports of defense articles, services, and related technical data.
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 4, 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.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 5, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 5, 2012, 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):