CBP has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of June 6, 2005. This report includes tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 06/06/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/ )
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the preliminary results of its second antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews for certain softwood lumber products from Canada.
CBP Issues Notice of Intent to Distribute FY 2005 AD/CV Revenues to Affected Domestic Producers, Etc
Pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (the Offset Act), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice in the Federal Register of its intent to distribute assessed antidumping (AD) or countervailing (CV) duties for fiscal year (FY) 2005 to affected domestic producers for certain qualifying expenditures they incur after the issuance of an AD or CV order. Written certifications to obtain a continued AD or CV offset under a particular order must be received by August 1, 2005.
| Preliminary Results of AD Duty Changed Circumstances ReviewThe International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania.These preliminary results are not in effect and the current requirements for a cash deposit of estimated AD duties on subject merchandise will continue unless and until these requirements are modified pursuant to the final results of this AD duty changed circumstances review. The ITA adds that it will issue the final results of this AD duty changed circumstances review no later than 270 days after May 9, 2005 or within 45 days of May 13, 2005 if all parties agree to the ITA's preliminary finding.The ITA states that it preliminarily finds that Mittal Steel Galati S.A. (Mittal) is the successor-in-interest to S.C. Ispat Sidex S.A. (Sidex), and if these preliminary results are made final, Mittal would be entitled to receive Sidex's cash deposit rate of 16.34% with respect to entries of subject merchandise from Romania.The ITA's notice also serves as the initiation notice for this AD duty changed circumstances review.ITA sources have confirmed that S.C. Ispat Sidex S.A. is considered to be the same company as Sidex Trading, SRL & Sidex International, Plc, the name by which this entity was identified in the November 2001 AD duty order. -see ITA's notice for instructions to interested parties on requesting a hearing and/or submitting written comments, etc.ITA Contact - Dunyako Ahmadu (202) 482-0198ITA Notice (FR Pub 05/13/05) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/E5-2392.pdf The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping (AD) duty order on brake rotors from China with respect to the following exporter/producer and review period: Consumer intentions on buying TV sets rose sharply in May from April, according to preliminary data in the Conference Board’s monthly survey. Of 5,000 households polled, 8.5% said they plan to buy a TV set in the next 6 months, vs. 7.5% in April, 7.5% in March and 7.9% in May 2004. The Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in April, rebounded in May because consumers’ concerns about the economy and jobs have eased, the Conference Board said. A spam operation that plagued millions of consumers with sexual descriptions trying to lure traffic to a website to “date lonely housewives” has been halted by the U.S. Dist. Court, Chicago, at the request of the FTC. The court ordered a temporary halt to the spamming and has frozen the outfit’s assets, pending a hearing for a preliminary and permanent injunction for violations of federal law, FTC officials said Thurs. The “date lonely wife” spam typically contains short messages or a picture and a hyperlink promoting the “lonely wives” service, the FTC alleged. The agency said the spam violates nearly every CAN-SPAM Act provision: (1) It contains misleading headers and deceptive subject lines. (2) It doesn’t contain a link to let consumers opt out of receiving future spam. (3) It contains neither a valid postal address nor the disclosure, required by law, that it is sexually explicit. The e-mail also includes sexual materials in the message’s initially viewable area, violating the FTC Adult Labeling Rule, the agency said. The FTC is asking the court to permanently shut down the operation and order the creators to give up their ill- gotten gains. Emerson Radio said 4th quarter net revenue rose to $70 million from $54.4 million a year earlier. Sales for the year ended March 31 grew to $320.7 million from $263.8 million. Total revenue of Emerson branded products -- those sold by the company and its licensees -- is expected to exceed $870 million in fiscal 2005, up from $800 million a year earlier. The results released Wed. were preliminary unaudited figures, Emerson said. Emerson has benefited from strong sales of licensed products including its Nickelodeon line, which includes SpongeBob Squarepants CE gear. The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review of certain softwood lumber products from Canada. The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that on May 3, 2005 it received petitions requesting that antidumping (AD) duty investigations be initiated on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from China and Korea. |