The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Sept. 8:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board announced its approval of the reorganization under the Alternative Site Framework of FTZ 160 in Anchorage, Alaska. The zone will now cover all of the municipality of Anchorage. Under the Alternative Site Framework reorganization, companies will now be able to request subzone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Sept. 5, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
Canada published its Economic Action Plan for 2014 in the Sept. 3 Canada Gazette. The new law, passed in June by the Canadian Parliament, includes changes to the Canada Customs Tariff and new procedures for requesting review of customs seizures, forfeitures and penalties. It also makes several changes to harmonize Canadian and U.S. motor vehicle standards and laws on importation of hazardous products. Trade-related highlights of the 2014 Economic Action Plan are as follows:
The Drug Enforcement Agency is setting 2015 quotas for the manufacture and importation of controlled substances Schedule I and II of the Controlled Substances Act. Substances not listed in the table included in DEA's notice will have a quota of zero. DEA is also setting quotas for the Schedule I chemicals ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and pseudoephedrine.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 5 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission voted on Sept. 4 to begin a Section 337 investigation into patent infringement by imports of beverage brewing capsules for making coffee and tea. Adrian Rivera and ARM Enterprises requested the investigation on Aug. 4, alleging several companies are manufacturing and importing from China resusable capsules for single-serve brewing machines like the Keurig K-Cup (see 14080714). Rivera and ARM are asking the ITC to issue limited exclusion orders and cease and desist orders banning the importation and sale of infringing brewing capsules by the following respondents:
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments on public interest factors raised by a possible ban importation of some Toshiba consumer electronics. The administrative law judge in the Section 337 case recommended a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order be issued against Toshiba to stop it from importing and selling products that infringe Graphics Properties Holdings’ patents. The products at issue in the case are consumer electronics devices with display and processing capabilities, such as laptops, netbooks, PCs, television sets, HD camcorders, and Blu-ray and DVD players, that combine several pre-existing technologies into a single device, said GPH in its original complaint in July 2013 (see 13052109). Comments are due Sept. 30.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Sept. 5 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on hand trucks from China (A-570-891). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD duty rate for New-Tec. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, polyester staple fiber from New-Tec entered between December 2012 and November 2013 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from New-Tec will not be subject to an AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice.