The Commerce Department will require antidumping duty cash deposits on imports of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China, it said in an Jan. 21 fact sheet (here). The agency found AD duty rates of 19.17% to 87.99% for Chinese companies in its preliminary determination. Cash deposit requirements will take effect for GITI and Sailun on the date the preliminary determination is published in the Federal Register. For all other Chinese companies, suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will be retroactive back to 90 days before publication, as a result of Commerce's finding of critical circumstances. ITT will have more details on new cash deposit requirements when Commerce publishes its preliminary determination.
The FCC established a pleading cycle on TeleGuam’s proposed buy of an upper 700 MHz C-block license and two AWS-1 licenses from Club 42. The licenses cover two cellular market areas (CMAs) -- Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. “Our preliminary review indicates that TeleGuam would be assigned 42 to 62 megahertz of spectrum in five counties in these two CMAs,” the FCC said. “Post-transaction, TeleGuam would hold 82 to 97 megahertz of spectrum in total, including 47 megahertz of below-1-GHz spectrum” in Guam. Petitions to deny are due Feb. 20, oppositions March 2 and replies March 9.
Dozens of U.S. producers and industry associations pushed Congress to pass “corrective action” to address country-of-origin labeling rules that the World Trade Organization determined violate global trade law, in a Jan. 20 letter to House and Senate members (here). The appeals process is still underway in the case, after the U.S. challenged an panel ruling in late November (see 1411280029). The WTO has repeatedly sided with Canada and Mexico in the dispute, saying U.S. COOL rules discriminate against foreign producers (see 1412120005).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 21, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The Commerce Department is postponing until April 13 its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty investigations on melamine from China and Trinidad and Tobago (C-570-021 / C-274-807) (here). Once Commerce makes its preliminary determination, it can suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties. The preliminary determination was originally due Feb. 5.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty new shipper review on preserved mushrooms from China (A-570-851) for Dezhou Kaihang Agricultural Science Technology Co., Ltd. (here). The agency calculated an AD duty rate of 168.9% for subject merchandise exported by Dezhou Kaihang that was produced by Shandong Fengyu Edible Fungus Co., Ltd.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Jan. 20 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is postponing until March 24 the due date for its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale from China (A-570-018) (here). Edsal Manufacturing, the company that requested the investigation, requested the extension. Once Commerce makes its preliminary determination, it can suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties. The preliminary determination was originally due Feb. 2.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 16, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
Google expressed enthusiasm about the future of spectrum above 24 GHz, especially for unlicensed use and experimentation. Carriers were more circumspect, saying it likely will be of only limited use and not a substitute for lower band spectrum because of its propagation characteristics. But fights loom over the extent to which the spectrum should be made available on an unlicensed basis or licensed for commercial use as favored by carriers. At its October meeting the FCC approved a notice of inquiry on new technology developments that could increase the viability of operations above 24 GHz (see 1410170048) . Comments were posted by the FCC Thursday and Friday.