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 its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of mechanical transfer presses (MTPs) from Japan for the period of February 1, 2002 through January 31, 2003, and as a result is revoking the AD duty order with respect to one entity.

In its 3rd week available, the PS2 version of Activision’s Spider-Man 2 was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended July 18 showed. Rentrak said the title earned an additional $745,758 in the week for $2.32 million to date. The Xbox version dropped one notch to #4 in its 3rd week, with an additional $364,004 for $1.19 million to date. Atari and Take- Two Interactive’s Rockstar Games also each had 2 SKUs in the top 10. Atari’s were DRIV3R for PS2 at #2 again in its 4th week ($520,165 and $2.13 million) and the Xbox version at #5 (down one, $273,334 and $1.18 million). Take-Two’s were the PS2 version of Red Dead Revolver at #6 (down one in its 11th week, $270,308 and $2.97 million) and the Xbox version at #10 again in its 11th week ($155,777 and $1.72 million). But Electronic Arts (EA) had the most titles in the top 10, with 3: NCAA Football 2005 on PS2 at #3 in its first week ($465,706), the Xbox version at #7 ($221,179) and Need for Speed Underground for PS2 at #8 in its 35th week (down 2, $162,595 and $9.39 million). Rounding out the top 10 was Midway Games’s NBA Ballers for PS2 at #9 (down 2 in its 15th week, $159,033 and $3.34 million).

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that, at the request of the petitioners, US Magnesium Corporation LLC, United Steelworkers of America, Local 8319, and Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International, Local 374, it is postponing the preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determinations on magnesium from China and Russia an additional 50 days, until no later than September 24, 2004 (from August 5, 2004).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site its "critical list" of textiles and apparel subject to import quotas with entered quantities 85% or more filled as of July 20, 2004. CBP states that this "critical list" may be used by CBP as a reference for releasing quota merchandise "off line" when the Automated Commercial System (ACS) is down for longer than four hours. CBP notes that textile and apparel merchandise for Electronic Visa Information System (ELVIS) countries cannot be released "off line" until it is processed through quota. CBP further notes that if the system is down for more than 24 hours, Headquarters Quota Branch should be contacted for further instructions. CBP also states that merchandise subject to tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), which are filled, may be released if entered under the "over quota" (high) rate of duty. (CBP's critical list, dated 07/20/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/textile_critical_list/)

Advocates of filtering software that deletes portions of DVD movies deemed objectionable by some carried the day Wed., when the House Judiciary Committee voted 18-9 in favor of a bill legalizing such filtering. But implementation of the movie filtering remains in question in light of a patent infringement suit against ClearPlay, the leading provider, and the RCA’s discontinuation of ClearPlay-enabled DVD players.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review of automotive replacement glass windshields from China, concluding that Shenzhen CSG Automotive Glass Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen CSG) is the successor-in-interest to Shenzhen Benxun AutoGlass Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Benxun).

The U.S. Dist. Court, N.Y., granted a motion for preliminary injunction filed by Vonage against the N.Y. PSC, after the Commission found Vonage was a telecom service provider subject to its jurisdiction. Magistrate Judge Douglas Eaton said Vonage was “likely to succeed on the merits of its claim that the PSC order is preempted by federal law.” It said the PSC order “will interfere with interstate commerce” and the company “will suffer irreparable harm absent injunctive relief.” Telecom attorney William Wilhelm said those 2 conclusions were particularly important, because “Judge Eaton chose to find that Vonage was likely to succeed on the merits, not only by citing the Minnesota federal court order holding that Vonage was an information service, but also by finding that regulation of the Vonage service would interfere with interstate commerce.” The court said Vonage agreed to continue while the preliminary injunction was in force to provide emergency 911 service in N.Y. and would “engage in voluntary industry-wide discussions concerning 911.” It said the order didn’t preclude the PSC from receiving complaints from Vonage customers and offering to provide nonbinding mediation of disputes, but noted Vonage didn’t accept PSC jurisdiction over complaints. It said “Vonage will not, by virtue of its voluntary cooperation with the PSC during the pendency of the preliminary injunction, be subject to, or be considered to have conceded the application to it of, any New York laws, regulations or rules applicable to telephone corporations.” The court said the FCC’s guidance on the issues discussed in its IP Rulemaking and in Vonage’s petition seeking the preemption of Minn.’s attempt to regulate it (CD Sept 26 p9) “may aid in final resolution of this matter.” It scheduled a status conference Dec. 13 to discuss the progress of the FCC proceedings and of “any rulings or resolutions issued by the FCC or other courts that are pertinent to this matter.”

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 preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative review and new shipper review: