The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice seeking comments by June 1, 2004 on possible changes to its policies and practices with regard to certain firms within a non-market economy country (NME) seeking a rate separate from the single, country-wide rate in antidumping (AD) proceedings (e.g. investigations or reviews).
The Journal of Commerce reports that the U.S. may have to drop 27% duties on Canadian lumber shipments after a NAFTA binational panel ruled that the U.S. International Trade Commission's finding that tariffs are needed because Canadian imports push down prices "is not supported by substantial evidence." According to the article, the U.S. has 21 days to redo its figures or end the duties. (JoC dated 04/30/04, www.joc.com.)
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued an interim rule, effective April 29, 2004, that amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement (1) President Bush's April 23, 2004, decision to revise U.S. sanctions against Libya; and (2) the transfer to BIS from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the licensing jurisdiction for exports to Libya of items subject to the EAR.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews:
The ITA states that it has collapsed DSM and KISCO into one entity for purposes of this AD duty administrative review.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the April 16, 2004 Federal Register its final negative antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain color television receivers from Malaysia are not being, nor are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of certain pasta from Italy for the period of July 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.
(b) preliminary de minimis AD rate (Dole: 0.18%, TIPCO: 0.12%, and Kuiburi: 0.30%)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the April 5, 2004 Federal Register its final negative antidumping (AD) duty determination that wax and wax/resin thermal transfer ribbons from South Korea are not being, nor are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
1 The ITA states that it has preliminary determined to treat LMC and LIMAC as a single entity for purposes of this AD duty administrative review.