The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued amended final affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations for certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, Ecuador, India, and Thailand. The amendments modify the scope of the investigation to exclude canned warmwater shrimp, as well as correct a number of ministerial errors, resulting in amended AD rates for certain companies and the "All other" rates.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that its most recent Harmonized System (HS) update (No. 0501) contains:
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release stating that it has asserted its World Trade Organization (WTO) rights and notified the WTO of its intent to increase certain tariffs because it has not reached agreement with the European Union (EU) over access to the European rice market.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by February 9, 2005 regarding a "commercial availability" petition it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Outlast Technology, Inc. of Boulder, CO and Bernette Textile Co., LLC of New York, NY*:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that on December 27, 2004 it received a petition requesting that an antidumping (AD) duty investigation be initiated on certain orange juice from Brazil.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has issued a proposed rule that would revise the Refined Sugar Re-export Program, the Sugar-containing Products Re-export Program, and the Polyhydric Alcohol Program, which are administered under 7 CFR 1530.
CBP Modifies its 2005 TRQ Notice on Certain Worsted Wool Fabrics Under New 9902.51.15 and 9902.51.16
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its web site a revised version of its 2005 Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) notice for certain worsted wool fabrics under new tariff numbers HTS 9902.51.15 and 9902.51.16.
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a final rule, effective February 14, 2005, to exempt persons (e.g. producers, importers, exporters, processors, handlers, first handlers, feeders, seed stock producers, etc.) from paying assessments for 100% organic products under any research and promotion program administered by AMS, if the criteria of the final rule are met.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an updated summary of changes to the June 2004 version of the Automated Export System (AES) Technical Interface Requirements (AESTIR). According to this summary, the most recent changes to the AESTIR are as follows:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a proposed rule to amend 7 CFR Part 1205 in order to make a price adjustment to the "supplemental" portion of the assessment rate imposed on imported cotton products, including imported raw cotton.