The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932), which sets an AD cash deposit rate for one company. The ITA also rescinded the review with respect to Gem-Year Industrial Co., Ltd. and Haiyan Julong Standard Part Co., Ltd. because they did not ship to the U.S. during the period of review. The new rate is effective Nov. 9.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from China (A-570-904), which sets AD cash deposit rates for 11 companies and the China-wide entity. The ITA also rescinded the review with respect to Shanxi Dapu International Trade Co., Ltd., because it did not ship to the U.S. during the period of review. The new rates are effective Nov. 9.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on frontseating service valves from China (A-570-933). In the final results, the ITA calculated AD rates of zero percent for Zhejiang DunAn Hetian Metal Co. Ltd., and Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd. As such, the ITA will direct CBP to liquidate entries of subject merchandise exported by the two companies without regard to AD duties. The new rates are effective Nov. 9.
On Nov. 7 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Nov. 7 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
Accredited certifying agents must conduct periodic residue testing of agricultural products that are to be sold, labeled, or represented as “100 percent organic,” “organic,” or made with organic ingredients, the Agricultural Marketing Service said in a final rule amending its National Organic Program regulations. The final rule expands the amount of residue testing of organically produced agricultural products by requiring sampling and testing on a regular basis, and also requires that certifying agents, on an annual basis, sample and conduct residue testing from a minimum or five percent of the operations that they certify.
Imports were up, but exports increased even more in September, leading to a $2.3 billion reduction in the U.S. goods and services deficit to $41.5 billion, said the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis in their U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Report for September 2012. The report showed that, as compared to revised August 2012 levels, exports were up $5.6 billion to $187 billion, and imports were up $3.4 billion to $228.5 billion. As compared to September 2011 totals, exports increased by 3.5 percent and imports by 1.5 percent. The U.S. trade deficit with China widened to $29.1 billion in September, from a revised $28.7 billion in August.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Nov. 7, 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://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The International Trade Commission affirmed antidumping and countervailing duties on solar cells from China in a unanimous 6-0 injury vote Nov. 7, so the International Trade Administration will issue AD and CV orders on the merchandise. The ITA found combined AD and CV rates of 23.75 to 254.66 percent in its Oct. 17 final determinations. The ITC also voted 4-2 that critical circumstances do not exist for solar cells from China, so the AD/CV duties will not apply to entries of subject merchandise in the 90-day period prior to the respective AD/CV preliminary determinations, and CBP will refund cash deposits collected during that period.
Presidential Proclamation 8894 -- “To Implement the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement and for Other Purposes” -- was published in the Federal Register of Nov. 5. The proclamation implements the provisions of the Panama TPA in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule; and corrects some HTS provisions on tariff treatment for goods including those subject to the Korea, Peru, and Colombia FTA. No effective date for some corrections was given in the change record for the Oct. 31 HTS update, but an ITC spokeswoman said those changes were effective Oct. 31.