On June 28 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails June 28 announcing changes to some 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.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for June 23-29:
The Bureau of Industry and Security issued a final rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), effective July 2, to implement the understandings reached at the June 2011 plenary meeting of the Australia Group. The final rule amends the following 4 ECCNs: 1C351 (Human and zoonotic pathogens and “toxins”); ECCN 1C353 (Genetic elements and genetically modified organisms); ECCN 2B350 (Chemical manufacturing facilities and equipment); and ECCN 2B352 (Equipment capable of use in handling biological materials).
The Court of International Trade sustained the International Trade Administration’s second remand redetermination of the final results of the 2005-06 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (A-533-820). This second remand redetermination, which was ordered by CIT in April (i) for application of the ITA’s new policy on adjusting cost of production in accordance with the adjustment to Indian company Essar Steel Limited’s export price resulting from its duty-drawback claim, and (ii) to allow for the correction of a ministerial error discovered by Essar and agreed to by the ITA, sets the AD rate for Essar at 9.01%, up from 5.22% in the original final results. No parties contested the second remand redetermination, so CIT sustained it.
Pratt & Whitney Canada, a Canadian subsidiary of the Connecticut-based defense contractor United Technologies pleaded guilty June 28 to violating the Arms Export Control Act and making false statements in connection with its illegal export to China of U.S.-origin military software used in the development of China's first modern military attack helicopter, the Z-10, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement. United Technologies, its U.S.-based subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand, and Pratt & Whitney Canada have all agreed to pay more than $75 million as part of a global settlement with the Justice Department and State Department in connection with the violations and for making false and belated disclosures to the U.S. government about these illegal exports, ICE said, of which up to $20 million can be suspended if applied by UTC to remedial compliance measures.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's web site as of June 28, 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. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The Bureau of Industry and Security issued a final rule that revises the Export Administration Regulations, effective July 2, to, among other things, implement the changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual Use Goods and Technologies maintained and agreed to by governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement at the December 2011 Plenary Meeting, and add Mexico as the 41st Participating State in the list of Wassenaar Arrangement members in the EAR.
The International Trade Commission decided to review part of an administrative law judge’s April 9, 2012 final initial determination finding violations by Apple of certain claims of patents held by Motorola Mobility in its investigation of certain wireless communication devices, portable music and data processing devices, computers and components thereof (337-TA-745).
ObjectVideo, Inc. filed a section 337 patent complaint with the International Trade Commission on June 27, alleging violations by Pelco, Inc. regarding certain video analytics software, systems, and components thereof. An ObjectVideo press release said it specifically requested an investigation of certain Pelco Sarix technology products, including, but not limited to, Sarix IDE10DN-0 and Sarix IEE10DN-0 network cameras. The complaint seeks an exclusion order and a cease and desist order barring the importation, sale for importation or sale after importation of infringing Pelco products manufactured outside of the U.S., it said.