The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of an antidumping (AD) changed circumstances review, in order to revoke in part the AD duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China with respect to certain jewelry armoires, cabinets, or other accent items (armoires), as described below.

Effective January 1, 2005, the International Trade Administration (ITA) is revoking the countervailing (CV) duty orders on low enriched uranium from Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (UK) because the continued application of these CV duty orders is no longer warranted.

The State Department has issued a notice announcing that the Secretary of State has determined and certified to Congress that Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela are not fully cooperating with U.S. antiterrorism efforts. The State Department notes that Libya was not included on the list as it has taken significant and meaningful steps during the past three years to repudiate its past support for terrorism and to cooperate with the U.S. in its antiterrorism efforts. (State Dept Public Notice 5411, FR Pub 05/18/06, http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-4656.pdf.)

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain cased pencils from China for the period of December 1, 2003 through November 30, 2004.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of malleable iron pipe fittings from China for the period of December 2, 2003 through November 30, 2004.

FSS competitors SES Americom and Intelsat sent the FCC transponder reports, but only SES made its data public. The annual reports are required by Commission rules. Terming its operational data “commercially sensitive,” Intelsat declared them exempt from release under FOIA. But SES went public on its transponder outages and utilization rates, detailing 2 transponder failures in Sept. 2005. SSPA 23, servicing C- band Channel 23, failed Sept. 21, but was restored the next day, SES said. Chanel 19, interrupted as part of the Channel 23 restoration, couldn’t be fixed, and “was rolled into SSPA Spare 1,” SES said. Other transponders are working, they said. SES reported transponder utilization on 17 craft: Ku- band fill rates generally topped C-band usage in 2005, especially in slots over the central U.S. C-band satellites Satcom C-4 and C-3 are empty, SES said, though a month ago C- 4 was being moved to a new orbital slot. Intelsat withheld its transponder utilization and outage data, claiming competitors like SES Americom, Telesat and Eutelsat could use the data “to enhance their market position at Intelsat’s expense.” The FSS operator did report on Intelsat Americas 9’s construction. The C- and Ku-band satellite, being built by Space Systems/Loral, is set for a late 2007 launch by Sea Launch. Intelsat said SS/L attached the satellite’s communications panels in March, with thermal vacuum tests slated to start in Aug. Launch service preliminary design review is scheduled for June, Intelsat said.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review of the antidumping (AD) duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada with respect to the following companies, identified as the producer or exporter, for the noted review period:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel bar from India for the period of February 1, 2004 through January 31, 2005.

Samsung Electronics America renewed a commitment to sponsor the U.S. leg of the World Cyber Games (WCG) tournament for the 5th consecutive year. Terms weren’t disclosed, but Samsung said it agreed to sponsor all WCG U.S. events including the WCG USA online preliminaries, WCG U.S. Open, WCG USA Regional Tournaments and WCG USA Championship National Finals. Samsung will be exclusive provider of HDTV displays for Xbox 360 matches and other monitors for the PC game matches, it said. Other exclusive sponsorship categories include cellphones, MP3 players and computer printers. U.S. competition has started, with matches July 15-16 in Austin, July 29-30 in Indianapolis, Aug. 5-6 in Irvine, Cal. and Aug. 12-13 in N.Y.C. The U.S. tournament culminates in the WCG USA Championship Final Sept. 15-17 at a location to be announced where 175 top gamers will face off for $76,000 in prizes and the chance to represent the U.S. on Team USA at the Grand Final in Monza, Italy. This year’s tournament features 6 PC games - StarCraft: Brood War, WarCraft: Frozen Throne, Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1.6, Warhammer 40,000: Winter Assault, FIFA Soccer 06 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted - as well as the Xbox 360 games Dead or Alive 4 and Project Gotham Racing 3. The U.S. program also adds more competitions at its major live events, including Major League Baseball 2K6, Halo 2, Geometry Wars and others for the Xbox 360. The event, which began as the World Cyber Challenge in 2000, is the world’s largest video and computer game tournament festival, with more than 1.25 million people competing in 2005 in local, regional and national qualifying tournaments, its produce said. Organizers expect up to 700 gamers to travel to Italy in Oct. for the Grand Final. Samsung is the worldwide sponsor for the World Cyber Games; other sponsors include Microsoft.

New Games: World of Warcraft from Vivendi Games moved up 2 spots to return to the top of the PC game sales chart in the U.S., according to NPD Group data for the week ended June 24. THQ’s Cars Radiator Springs Adventure -- the previous week’s #1 title -- dropped to #2 while Half-Life 2: Episode 1 from Electronic Arts (EA) fell one to #3. EA had 3 other titles in the top 10, each in the same position it was in the previous week: The Sims 2 at #4, The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff Expansion Pack at #5 and The Sims 2 Open For Business Expansion Pack at #6… Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, in its 21st week, was again the #1-selling game in the U.K., according to the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Assn.’s Chart Track data for the week ended July 1. Sales of the title, initially released only for PSP, saw a recent surge after being released in a SKU for PS2, which accounted for 96% of the title’s sales for the week. Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. for DS was the only new game in the top 10, at #2… Liberty City Stories for PS2 was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended July 2. There were no new games in the top 10… EA shipped The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II for Xbox 360 and said it “will hit store shelves July 7” at $59.99 in the U.S. It said the release, based on the PC game of the same name, “marks the debut of a strategy game available for the Xbox 360 system,” boasting a new and innovative console-specific control scheme that allows novice players to enjoy the game’s signature strategy gameplay while giving expert strategy players the flexibility needed to engage in deeply complex battles. The title was developed at EA’s L.A. studio and is part of the deal it signed with the Saul Zaentz Co. that granted EA the rights to develop games based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Rings books, in addition to a separate deal that allows for games based on the New Line Cinema films… Superscape Group said 11 of its mobile game SKUs are now available for download from the Leap Wireless-owned network Cricket: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Paintball Challenge, Jaws 2D, Fight Club 2D, Callaway Golf Mobile Tour 06 2D and 3D, Andretti Racing 2D and 3D, Ali Boxing 2D and 3D, and Street Hoops 3D.