The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Korea (A-580-809) covering the period November 1, 2008 through October 31, 2009. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation1 of certain turbomachinery blades, engines, and components thereof pursuant to a complaint.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review stainless steel sheet and strip in coils (SSSSC) from Taiwan (A-583-831) for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
The International Trade Commission has announced that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain handbags, luggage, accessories, and packaging thereof.
The International Trade Administration has issued a correction to its November 17, 2010 Federal Register notice of amended final determination and countervailing duty order on certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses from China (C-570-959). In the original notice, it was referred to as "coated paper" instead of "certain coated paper." The ITA states that the use of the term "coated paper" in the "Scope of the Order" section rather than "certain coated paper" could result in confusion with respect to the scope of the order as published. Therefore, the ITA is correcting the notice to include the term "certain coated paper." (See ITT's Online Archives or 11/17/10 news, 10111741, for BP summary of the amended final CV determination and order.)
The International Trade Administration has posted itsNovember 2010 report to Congress on the "Relative Advantages and Disadvantages of Retrospective and Prospective Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Collection Systems." As discussed in the report, the U.S. is the only major user of AD/CVD trade remedies that implements a retrospective system of duty assessment.
The International Trade Commission determined on December 3, 2010 that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of multilayered wood flooring from China that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. As a result, the Commerce Department will continue to conduct its countervailing and antidumping duty investigations on imports of this product from China, with its preliminary countervailing duty determination due on or about January 14, 2011, and its preliminary antidumping duty determination due on or about March 30, 2011.
The International Trade Commission has announced that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain semiconductor chips and products containing the same.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor” in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order’s duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from Brazil (A-351-841) for the period November 6, 2008, through October 31, 2009.