The International Trade Administration has initiated administrative reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders below, for certain specified companies listed in the initiation notice.
The International Trade Commission has announced its final threat of injury determination for imports of seamless refined copper pipe and tube from China and Mexico. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.211, antidumping duty orders are expected to be issued with instructions to refund AD cash deposits and release bonds for shipments with a time of entry prior to the Federal Register publication date of the ITC's final threat of injury determination. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/01/10 news, 10100128 and 10100126, for BP summaries of the final AD duty determinations for China and Mexico, respectively.)
The International Trade Commission has issued an annual report on violations of its administrative protective orders in investigations under Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930. Its report provides a summary of investigations completed during calendar year 2009 of breaches in such proceedings. In addition, there is a summary of rules violation investigations completed in 2009. The ITC intends that this report inform representatives of parties to proceedings as to some specific types of APO breaches and rules violations encountered and the corresponding types of actions the ITC has taken.
The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain data storage products and components thereof.
The International Trade Commission announces that the section 337 patent-based investigation of ertain DC-DC controllers and products containing the same (Inv. No. 337-TA-698), which was based on a complaint filed by Richtek Technology Corp. of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Richtek USA, Inc. of San Jose, California, has been terminated. The ITC has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge’s initial determination granting a joint motion to terminate the investigation as to one respondent and terminating the investigation in its entirety. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/06/10 news, 10010645, for BP summary of the institution of this investigation.)
The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain interactive program guide and parental controls technology.
The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain automated media library devices.
The International Trade Commission has announced the institution of investigations and the commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty injury investigations regarding multilayered wood flooring from China.
The International Trade Commission announces that the section 337 patent-based investigation of certain notebook computer products and components thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-705), which was based on a complaint filed by Toshiba Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, has been terminated. The ITC has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge’s initial determination granting a joint motion filed by the complainant and the respondents to terminate the investigation based on a settlement agreement. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/22/10 news, 10022255, for BP summary of the institution of this investigation.)
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.