The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the countervailing duty administrative review of corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea for the period of January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.
The Rural Cellular Association (RCA) will seek a federal court stay of new location-accuracy requirements for wireless carriers, which the FCC approved last September, the group said in a filing Thursday at the commission. The association said it will ask the court to review the rules. At least one large carrier is considering supporting the lawsuit.
Strong retail sales of Logitech remotes, keyboards and mice, plus the peripheral maker’s healthy OEM business, helped it overcome continued weaknesses in retail gaming and webcam sales during Q3 ended Dec. 31, company executives told analysts in a Thursday conference call. Despite the mostly good news, Logitech shares were down 9.55 percent at $26.62 in late afternoon trading.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the preliminary antidumping duty determination on electrolytic manganese dioxide from Australia and China by 50 days to March 19, 2008.
In its 10th week available, the Xbox 360 version of Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to preliminary Rentrak Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Jan. 13. The 360 version of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed was again No. 2 its ninth week available, and Microsoft 360 game Halo 3 was again No. 3 in its 16th week available. No new games made the top 10… Call of Duty 4 moved up one spot to become the best-selling game in the U.K., according to Chart-Track data provided by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association for the week ended Jan. 12. No new games cracked that top 10, either.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice of termination of the suspension agreement and resumption of the antidumping investigation on fresh tomatoes from Mexico. The ITA resumes the investigation as an affirmative preliminary determination.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the preliminary countervailing duty determination on sodium nitrite from China by 65 days to no later than April 7, 2008.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site monthly reports containing official November 2007 trade data from the Department of Census for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that all Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) reports would be unavailablefrom 7 pm Monday, January 14, 2008 until approximately 7 am Tuesday, January 15, 2008 (eastern time). Preliminary Monthly Statements (PMS) were to be available on Tuesday morning January 15, 2008 and all data was to be current. CBP adds that data in other reports may not be current until 7:00 am on January 16, 2008. (Adm: 08-0001, dated 01/14/08, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/admmsgs/2008/08-0001.html)