As the East Coast cleans up after Sandy, ports, railroads, and trucking companies are resuming operations on much of the East Coast. Operations in the New York region remain mostly closed, however, and shipments could face delays in the rest of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast as well. Meanwhile, the D.C.-based Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reopened, but the N.Y.-based Court of International Trade remains closed.
President Barack Obama issued a proclamation Oct. 30 formally implementing the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement. The government had previously said the agreement would take effect Oct. 31. (See ITT's Online Archives 12102225). International Trade Commission Publication 4349, which will detail changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule authorized by the President’s proclamation, has not yet been released. International Trade Today will provide a detailed summary of the changes upon the Publication’s availability. The proclamation did, however, delegate authority for textile and apparel safeguard and commercial availability provisions of the U.S.-Panama TPA, and previewed the HTS changes that will be coming in ITC Publication 4349.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Oct. 30 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 reversed and remanded parts of an administrative law judge’s finding of no violation of Section 337 by BDT’s imports of certain automated media library devices (337-TA-746). Former respondents Dell and IBM had already been terminated from the investigation, which was requested by Overland Storage.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Oct. 30 Federal Register on the following AD/CV 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The International Trade Administration rescinded the antidumping new shipper review of honey from Argentina (A-357-812) for D’Ambros María de los Angeles and D’Ambros María Daniela SH, an Argentine partnership doing business as Apícola Danangie. As a result, their temporary AD duty bonding option at the all others AD rate of 30.24% is being discontinued. The ITA will direct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation and collect cash deposits for entries subject to the ongoing administrative review of honey from Argentina for the period Dec. 1, 2010 through Nov. 30, 2011. As the AD order was revoked effective Aug. 2, the ITA will instruct CBP to end suspension of liquidation and not collect AD cash deposits for subject merchandise exported by Apicola Danangie after that date.
The International Trade Administration initiated administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping duty orders with September anniversary dates. The ITA intends to issue the final results of these reviews no later than Sept. 30, 2013.
On Oct. 29 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 29 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 29 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.