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 the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain pasta from Italy and Turkey for the period of July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.

Cable’s share of the high-speed data market declined to 58.3% in the 4th quarter, from 59.1% in the 3rd quarter and 61.6% a year ago, due to “continued aggressive DSL pricing,” according to preliminary analysis of data by UBS cable analyst Aryeh Bourkoff. DSL is on track to gain 52.8% of new subscribers in the 4th quarter, compared with 46.5% in the 3rd quarter, when new cable customers exceeded DSL for the first time since the 4th quarter of 2003, Bourkoff said.

Cable’s share of the high-speed data market declined to 58.3% in the 4th quarter, from 59.1% in the 3rd quarter and 61.6% a year ago, due to “continued aggressive DSL pricing,” according to preliminary analysis of data by UBS cable analyst Aryeh Bourkoff. DSL is on track to gain 52.8% of new subscribers in the 4th quarter, compared with 46.5% in the 3rd quarter, when new cable customers exceeded DSL for the first time since the 4th quarter of 2003, Bourkoff said.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping (AD) duty order on honey from China with respect to the following exporter/producer and review period:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of individually quick frozen red raspberries from Chile for the period of December 31, 2001 through June 30, 2003.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping (AD) duty order on honey from Argentina with respect to the following exporter/producer combination and review period:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative determination that critical circumstances exist for imports of magnesium metal from China for Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. (Tianjin, a mandatory respondent), Guangling Jinghua Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (Guangling, the sole Section A respondent), and the China-wide entity.

Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for PS2, in its 14th week, was again the top- rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Jan. 30 showed. The title earned an additional $389,011 in the week, for $11.51 million to date. Need for Speed Underground 2 for PS2 from Electronic Arts (EA) was again #2, in its 11th week, earning an additional $213,800, for $3.75 million to date, while Mercenaries for PS2 from LucasArts Entertainment was again #3, in its 3rd week, earning an additional $187,188 for $536,914 to date and Microsoft’s Halo 2 for Xbox was again #4, in its 12th week ($147,170 and $4.69 million). EA had 2 other SKUs in the top 10: The Xbox version of Need at #7 (down one, $108,939 and $2.29 million) and Madden NFL 2005 for PS2 at #10 (down one, $95,570 and $5.87 million). THQ had 2 SKUs in the top 10: The PS2 version of The Punisher at #5 in its 2nd week ($137,177 and $201,066) and the Xbox version at #6 ($132,021 and $191,756). Rounding out the top 10 were 2 more PS2 games: Activision’s Call of Duty: Finest Hour at #8 (down 3, 11th week, $103,895 and $2.03 million) and Sony Computer Entertainment’s The Getaway: Black Monday at #9 in its 3rd week ($101,007 and $197,173).

Fox’s Alien Vs. Predator, in its first week available, was the top-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Jan. 30 showed. The title earned $9.33 million in the week, Rentrak said. Universal’s Friday Night Lights -- last week’s #1 DVD -- dropped to #3, earning an additional $6.25 million for a total of $13.85 million to date. The only other new DVDs in the week were Paramount’s Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow at #4 ($5.68 million) and Fox’s First Daughter at #10 ($2.49 million).