The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain small diameter seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe from Brazil for the period of August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005.

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

GENEVA -- A European body reached preliminary agreement on a plan dedicating 4 of 10 available 200 kHz channels to RFID (radio frequency identification), for use by networks of master and slave readers. The European Telecom Standards Institute (ETSI) task group also arrived at preliminary terms for a strategy to eliminate the “listen before talk” requirement.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Germany at the request of ThyssenKrupp Steel North America, Inc. (ThyssenKrupp).

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of heavy forged hand tools, finished or unfinished, with or without handles, from China for the period of February 1, 2004 through January 31, 2005.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice announcing the two-year extension of the quota preprocessing program (QPP) test, in order to provide for the electronic processing of certain quota-class apparel merchandise prior to the arrival of the importing carrier, through December 31, 2008.

A European standards group reached preliminary agreement on a channel plan for RFID that sets aside four 200 kilohertz channels -- of the 10 available to RFID -- to be used by readers. A European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) task group agreed to a channel plan during a 2-day meeting that ended Wed (Sept. 20). The other channels will be used by tags, an official in the group said. Preliminary agreement was also reached to eliminate the “listen before talk” requirement. An ETSI task group working on standardization of short-range devices was expected to consider aspects today (Fri.).

Electronic Arts (EA) joined the growing list of companies to be targeted by the SEC over stock option grant practices, the publisher said in an SEC filing. Meanwhile, rival Activision, which was already targeted by the SEC over the same issue, was mum Thurs. after being countersued by peripherals maker The Ant Commandos (TAC) in a U.S. Dist. Court in central Cal. over the hit game Guitar Hero.

The PS2 version of EA’s Madden NFL 07 was again the #1- rented videogame in the U.S., in its 4th week, according to preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Sept. 17. The Xbox version fell 3 to #6 while the Xbox 360 version fell 3 to #9. Making a strong showing was LucasArts Entertainment’s Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy in its first week. The PS2 version was #2, the 360 version #3, Xbox version #5 and GameCube version #10.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that it is initiating an anticircumvention inquiry, as requested by the petitioner, to determine whether certain imports of tissue paper from Vietnam are circumventing the antidumping (AD) duty order on certain tissue paper products from China.