The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reopened the period for comments on whether and how it should amend our process for responding to domestic chrysanthemum white rust (CWR) outbreaks and the importation of plant material that is a host of CWR. Comments were originally due Oct. 2, but APHIS is reopening the comment period until Nov. 30. APHIS will also accept comments received after the original due date but before publication of this notice reopening the comment period in the Federal Register.
The Bureau of Industry Security will hold an open meeting of the Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C. The committee will hear status reports from working groups and comments from the public. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first served basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov no later than Nov. 8.
The Bureau of Industry Security will hold a partially open meeting of the Materials Technical Advisory Committee Nov. 14 in Washington, D.C. In the public session, the committee will hear remarks from BIS management, hear a presentation on single use technology for bioreactors and the type of applications they are being used for, and hear reports on the Composite Working Group and regime-based activities. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first served basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov no later than Nov. 7.
The Bureau of Industry Security will hold a partially open meeting of the Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee Nov. 13 in Washington, D.C. In the public session, the committee will discuss results from the last Wassenaar meeting and proposals for the next one, and hear a report on recent changes to the Export Administration Regulations. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first served basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov no later than Nov. 6.
A NAFTA panel affirmed the International Trade Administration’s use of zeroing in the 2005-06 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada (A-122-840). Because NAFTA panels must apply the domestic law of the investigating country, the panel had remanded in May the ITA’s use of zeroing in administrative reviews but not investigations for further explanation, in light of Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rulings in JTEKT and Dongbu. The panel found the ITA’s explanation reasonable.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of Oct. 29, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The World Trade Organization working group on Tajikstan’s accession approved the country’s membership package Oct. 26, the WTO said. The WTO General Council will now vote on the package at a meeting Dec. 11-12. Upon adoption, Tajikstan’s must ratify the agreements, after which it will become a WTO member following a 30-day period. Tajikstan applied for WTO membership in 2001.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Oct. 29 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 Administration published notices in the Oct. 29 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 initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping duty order on glycine from China (A-570-836) at the request of Hebei Donghua Jiheng Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. The ITA will determine if this company is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the China-wide entity rate it currently receives.