The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain activated carbon from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation is July 1, 2005 -- December 31, 2005.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper reviews of honey from China for the review period of December 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain polyester staple fiber from Korea for the period of May 1, 2004 through April 30, 2005.

The DVD Forum released a preliminary format for a HD DVD-ROM spec for the Chinese market. The version 9.9 spec, unveiled Thurs. at the DVD Forum conference in Japan, mostly parallels the HD DVD-ROM specs for a 12-cm disc with two 0.6- cm-thick platters and a single layer with 15 GB capacity. The major difference is the modulation codec, which for China is 4-to-6 modulation (FSM) (4 data bit/6 channel bit modulation) vs. 8-to-12 (ETM) for other markets. Chinese entities -- including the Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center and China Electronics Technology Group -- sought a different codec to separate the Chinese version from the HD DVD-ROM format used elsewhere. Based on the format, the Chinese group will define a proprietary video format. The China-only format, to be labeled “HD DVD-ROM part 1 Version 10.0 for China Only,” is expected to be available in Dec.

The PS2 version of Madden NFL 07 from Electronic Arts was, in its 6th week, again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 1. No new games made the top 10.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that it is revoking the countervailing (CV) duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from the United Kingdom (ITA case C-412-815, CBP case C-412-209).

The Journal of Commerce Online reports that the Secretary of Homeland Security has said that federal security officials will have "zero tolerance" for port terminal operators who violate cargo search requests. The article notes that new port security funding legislation gives DHS the authority to go after terminal operators who intentionally or mistakenly allow suspicious cargo to leave the docks. (JoC Online, dated 10/03/06, www.joc.com.)

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review, in order to revoke in part the AD duty order on polychloroprene rubber from Japan with respect to certain types of polychloroprene rubber, as described below.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping (AD) duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam with respect to the following producer/exporter and review period:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping (AD) duty order on stainless steel bar from India with respect to the following producer/exporter and review period: