On March 4, 2004, the Senate passed its version of H.R. 1047, the "Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2003."

These preliminary results are not in effect and may be amended in the final results of these AD duty administrative reviews, which are currently due within 120 days of April 8, 2004.

The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has issued its February 2004 Textiles and Apparel Import Report, which includes statistics on general imports (both quota and non-quota) of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend, and non-cotton vegetable fiber textiles and apparel.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice announcing that it is reopening through May 14, 2004 the comment period for its interim final rule on the registration of foreign food facilities.

According to the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica, the Costa Rican government has temporarily suspended for all countries the requirement that exporters must furnish a copy of official export documents for imports to Costa Rica. Costa Rica initially implemented this requirement on March 5, 2004.

(a) SSI has an AD rate of zero; no cash deposits will be required although suspension of liquidation will continue.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has posted to its Web site the draft text of the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the Dominican Republic.

On April 6, 2004, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued notices announcing that effective May 1, 2004, the existing textile and apparel visa requirements for Poland are being canceled. Sources had stated that the visa requirements were being cancelled at the request of Poland, due to its accession to the European Union (EU) on May 1, 2004.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that it has postponed the preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determination on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from China until no later than May 17, 2004 (from April 21, 2004).

On April 2, 2004, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued its third version of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and responses regarding the inbound portion of its final rule requiring the advance electronic presentation of information pertaining to cargo (sea, air, rail, or truck) prior to its being brought into, or sent from, the U.S.