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 molded or carved articles of wax (wax forms) from China are circumventing the AD duty order on petroleum wax candles from China.

In its 7th week, Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts II for PS2 was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended May 14. The Godfather for PS2 from Electronic Arts (EA) and EA’s Black for PS2 were again #2 and #3 in their 8th and 11th weeks available, respectively. EA had 4 other SKUs in the top 10: EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 for PS2 at #5 (up one in its 12th week), the Xbox version of The Godfather at #7 (up 2 in its 8th week), Need for Speed: Most Wanted for PS2 at #8 (down one in its 26th week) and the Xbox version of Black at #10 (up one, 11th week). Rounding out the top 10 were 3 PS2 games: Tomb Raider: Legend from Eidos at #4 (up one, 5th week), NBA Ballers: Phenom at #6 (down 2, 6th week) and Sony Computer Entertainment’s MLB ‘06: The Show at #9 (down one, 11th week).

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

The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the following five monthly reports containing official March 2006 trade data from the Department of Census for imports and exports of textiles and apparel:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has both initiated and issued the preliminary results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of wooden bedroom furniture from China.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico for the period of October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of polyvinyl alcohol from China for the period of August 11, 2003 through September 30, 2004.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan.

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

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice postponing the final determination in the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty investigations of certain lined paper products from Indonesia until no later than August 9, 2006 (from approximately June 10, 2006), at the request of PT. Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia Tbk. (TK), the only mandatory respondent in the AD duty investigation of exports of subject merchandise from Indonesia.