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

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania.

The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the following five monthly reports containing official May 2005 trade data from the Department of Census for imports and exports of textiles and apparel:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain cased pencils from China for the period of December 1, 2002 through November 30, 2003.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Romania for the period of August 1, 2003 through July 31, 2004.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review of brake rotors from China.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to its web site updated official textile and apparel import data from the Department of Census for May 2005.¹

NCTA is facing another round of fighting broadcasters’ push to get a multicasting provision in draft Senate DTV legislation, Pres. Kyle McSlarrow told us Tues. The battle comes as the NAB has publicly committed for the first time to a DTV transition date of 2009 (CD July 13 p1). Cable is hoping key legislators can be convinced to support the industry’s plan to voluntarily downconvert digital signals during the transition.

In the July 6, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin, CBP issued a notice containing guidelines with the following title, which are effective July 6, 2005:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a statement announcing that on July 14, 2005 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the preliminary injunction that blocked implementation of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS') final rule as amended¹ (final rule) to establish a category of regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) into the U.S. via live ruminants and ruminant products and by-products, and to add Canada to this category.