Attendance at the NAB convention next week in Las Vegas is expected to be unchanged from last year’s at about 104,000, said a spokesman. Exhibitor space is expected to rise 4.9% to 860,000 sq. ft. from 2005, according to preliminary figures. Companies are buying less space on average, but the number of exhibitors is expected to rise 7.5% to 1,440. Attendance at NCTA’s show last week fell 8.8% from 2005 (CD April 12 p5).

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain lined paper products (CLPP) from India are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation is July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.

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

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

(a) preliminary de minimis CV duty rate of 0.27%

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an "ACE Toolkit," which consists of three documents: (i) Overview of Periodic Monthly Statement; (ii) Entry Summary Accounts Revenue (ESAR) I & II Overview; and (iii) ACE Ambassador Locations. According to CBP, the toolkit provides a general overview of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and various components of key functionality.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated and is issuing its preliminary results of an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan.

In its 3rd week available, the PS2 version of The Godfather from Electronic Arts (EA) was again the #1-rented game in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended April 9. The Xbox version was again #2. EA had 4 other SKUs in the top 10: Black for PS2 at #3 again, Black for Xbox at #5 (down one), Fight Night Round 3 for PS2 at #8 (down 3 in its 7th week) and Need for Speed Most Wanted for PS2 at #9 (down 3 in its 21st week).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Customs Bulletin notice advising interested parties that, effective April 5, 2006, CBP is limiting the application of the decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and the Court of International Trade (CIT) in Park B. Smith Ltd. vs. U.S. (Park) to the specific cotton woven table linen and cotton woven dhurry rug entries before the courts in that litigation.¹