1. President Signs GSP and ATPA/ATPDEA Extensions, DR "2 for 1" Apparel Benefit, AGOA "Abundant Supply" Repeal, Etc.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a notice announcing that it will not be publishing a 2008 GSP Annual Review "warning list" of country/tariff number pairs that could lose duty-free Generalized System of Preferences treatment on July 1, 2009 due to exceeding the competitive need limitation values.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain tissue paper products from China for the period of March 1, 2006 through February 28, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping administrative and new shipper reviews:
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty new shipper reviews of fresh garlic from China for the period of November 1, 2006 through May 17, 20071.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to certain producers and exporters of lightweight themal paper (LWTP) from China.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued an interim final rule, effective October 1, 2008, which revises the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add certain "de minimis" exclusions for foreign produced hardware that is bundled1 with U.S.-origin software. Comments are due by December 1, 2008.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping and countervailing administrative reviews:
Licensed Motor Carriers (LMCs) must submit their Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program concession applications by Wednesday, September 24, 2008 to be approved as trucking concessionaires by the October 1, 2008 start date of the Port's Clean Truck Program. The Port will continue receiving and processing applications on an ongoing basis, but based on the overwhelming response by the trucking community, the Port cannot ensure that applications received after September 24 will be processed by October 1. (Port of Los Angeles news release, dated 09/19/08, available at http://www.portoflosangeles.org/newsroom/2008_releases/news_091908ctpapp.pdf.)
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative reviews for ball bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom for the period May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007.