In June 2011, the Canada Border Services Agency announced the phased-in timeframe for increasing the number of lines requiring a 10-digit HS code at the time of interim accounting (PARS and RMD requests). CBSA has reposted that notice as effective February 1, a minimum of 20 HS codes have to be reported at the 10-digit level, up from a minimum of 10 HS codes which took effect on September 1, 2011.
The Government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for January 29-Feb 1, 2012 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted the comments it received on its request for ideas on ways to reduce the cost of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) third-party testing requirements for children's products that are consistent with assuring compliance with any applicable consumer product safety rule, ban, standard, or regulation. Suggestions include advising retailers that no preference should be accorded to one accredited test lab over another, harmonizing standards internationally, recognizing products tested by other government agencies, a de minimis exception, among others.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its January 2012 Trade Account Owner (TAO) Update. This update features information on planned ACE functionality for 2012, including e-Manifest: Rail and Sea (M1), Simplified Entry, the Document Image System (DIS), the Participating Government Agency (PGA) Message Set, and exports. This update also provides information on creating a split shipment via the ACE Portal, new ACE report issues and other updates, etc.
The International Trade Administration has issued a Federal Register notice announcing that it has initiated a countervailing duty investigation on large residential washers from Korea (C-580-869). The ITA will determine whether Korean producers/exporters of large residential washers receive countervailable subsidies. An antidumping (AD) duty investigation for Korea has also been initiated.
The International Trade Administration has issued Federal Register notices on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam and Taiwan (A-552-812, A-583-849), and (C-552-813). The ITA will determine whether imports of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam and Taiwan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, and whether manufacturers, producers, or exporters of steel wire garment hangers in Vietnam receive countervailable subsidies.
The International Trade Administration has issued Federal Register notices on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on utility scale wind towers from China and Vietnam (A-570-981, A-552-814), and C-570-982). The ITA will determine whether imports of utility scale wind towers from China and Vietnam are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, and whether manufacturers, producers, or exporters of utility scale wind towers in China receive countervailable subsidies.
Mexico's Ministry of Economy has published the preliminary determination in its antidumping investigation on imports of chicken leg quarters from the U.S., regardless of country of origin. Mexico preliminarily determined that sufficient evidence exists to support that imports of the products under this investigation were conducted under conditions of dumping, resulting in their increased participation in and causing injury to the domestic market and production of chicken leg quarters.
On January 3, 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection updated its ACE ABI Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) for its Chapter on Entry Summary Create/Update in order to correct the Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF) de minimis value in Entry Summary Filing - Usage Note (o). CATAIR Change Record for 2012 is available here. Entry Summary Create/Update CATAIR Chapter is available here. Download all sections of the CATAIR here.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from China (A-570-891) for one manufacturer/exporter. This preliminary result is not yet in effect, may change in the final results, and could affect the estimated AD cash deposit rate for this company.