The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the March 21, 2005 Federal Register its final negative antidumping (AD) duty determination that bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Taiwan is not being, nor is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final countervailing (CV) duty determinations with respect to bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from India and Thailand.

¹AD Duty New Shipper Review

The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan for the period of July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.

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 Trinidad and Tobago for the period of April 10, 2002 through September 30, 2003.

The N.Y. PSC on Wed. approved state cable rule revisions it said reflected a “more competitive environment” and changes in federal law. The rules dated to 1970. Key changes include those concerning competitive cable franchises. Municipalities no longer will have to complete preliminary steps required when granting an initial franchise, the PSC said. The franchising process could be streamlined further if a competitor agrees to the terms and conditions of an incumbent’s franchise. A new provision requires a level playing field for economic and regulatory requirements for competitors. The changes won’t impact existing consumer protections on credit for service outages, late charges, downgrade charges, reconnection charges, billing disputes, rates and disconnection of service. To conform the rules to federal law, a state requirement to provide semi-annual billing has been changed to an annual notice. As for public, educational and govt. (PEG) access channels, the rules retain the requirement for a minimum of 2 PEG channels. However, municipalities will have the option of allowing additional PEG channels for the basic service package, the PSC said. The new rules give cities the option of negotiating 15-year franchises as opposed to 10 years. A 15-year franchise would give municipalities leverage to get more commitments from cable operators, the PSC said. Cable companies should keep adhering to existing customer service standards governing response time to telephone calls, installation of service and repairs, but the revisions reduce reporting requirements from quarterly to annual. If a cable company meets or exceeds customer service requirements, it can seek a waiver of reporting requirements for telephone answering and service data. This waiver is intended to encourage companies to provide “excellent service,” the PSC said.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Romania for the period of August 1, 2002 through July 31, 2003.

AD duty new shipper review. A bond or other security may continue to be posted in lieu of an AD cash deposit, until the final results are in effect.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release stating that on March 15, 2005, all six commissioners voted to revoke the existing antidumping (AD) duty order on frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) from Brazil (A-351-605).