GENEVA -- Europe is poised to raise tariffs this fall on digital cameras with a high-resolution video function, and eliminate tariffs on low-resolution video camcorders, but no ruling was made for tariff suspension for LCD monitors with DVI connections, according to preliminary reports by industry from a July 12-13 meeting of the EC Customs Code Committee Nomenclature section.

The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative reviews:

The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the countervailing duty administrative review of pure magnesium and alloy magnesium from Canada for the period of January 1, 2005 through August 15, 2005.

The International Trade Administration has initiated antidumping duty investigations to determine whether imports of certain steel nails from China and the United Arab Emirates are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty new shipper review of honey from China for the review period of December 1, 2004 through November 30, 2005.

Moody’s Friday reduced Motorola’s financial outlook to negative based on the company’s preliminary second quarter assessments. Motorola does not expect its handset business to be profitable in 2007, it said last week. The company expects a larger operating loss in the quarter than in the first, and handset shipments to be 35 million to 36 million, it said. Growth in Motorola’s other businesses probably will offset the dip in handset sales, but the “length of the current setback and the magnitude raise the possibility that a lower rating is more appropriate for the company,” Moody’s said. Motorola is scheduled to release second quarter results Thursday.

The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of honey from China for the period of December 1, 2004 through November 30, 2005.

Even if Canon successfully appeals a finding that Nano- Proprietary can end an SED licensing agreement, a contract between the companies bars Canon from sub-licensing carbon nanotube technology, Nano-Proprietary CEO Thomas Bijou told the C.E. Unterberg Towbin investor conference in New York Thursday.

The International Trade Administration has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the preliminary antidumping duty determination on sodium hexametaphosphate from China by 50 days to September 6, 2007.

The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews: