The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on narrow woven ribbon with woven selvedge from China (A-570-952). These final results will be used to set assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between Sept. 1, 2012 and Aug. 31, 2013. New AD duty cash deposit rates set in this review will take effect Oct. 10.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Oct. 8, 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.
Members of the CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) reviewed the preliminary results of the 2014 Trade Efficiency Survey at a meeting held Oct. 7 in Washington. Cargo delays and exams were again reported as the biggest issue facing importers, with problems concentrated in shipments regulated by other government agencies. More descriptive messaging was repeatedly discussed as a way to resolve some of these issues, and brokers could play a major role in facilitating exam messages, said COAC members.
The European net neutrality debate, which died down this summer as the European Parliament and Commission prepared for new terms, has re-started before a Nov. 27 meeting by EU telecom ministers on the EC telecom reform package. The fate of EU efforts to deal with the issue is unclear, said industry lawyers in interviews. With the FCC also embroiled in the issue of whether and how to regulate net neutrality, questions of whether the different approaches can ever mesh, and whether ISP interconnection arrangements may also affect net neutrality, remain open, they said.
The European net neutrality debate, which died down this summer as the European Parliament and Commission prepared for new terms, has re-started before a Nov. 27 meeting by EU telecom ministers on the EC telecom reform package. The fate of EU efforts to deal with the issue is unclear, said industry lawyers in interviews. With the FCC also embroiled in the issue of whether and how to regulate net neutrality, questions of whether the different approaches can ever mesh, and whether ISP interconnection arrangements may also affect net neutrality, remain open, they said.
The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for Oct. 27 (note that some may also be given separate headlines)
The Commerce Department is postponing until Jan. 20 the due date for its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (A-570-016). The agency says it needs more time because of the "extraordinary complexity" of the case. Once Commerce makes its preliminary determination, it can suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties. The preliminary determination was originally due Dec. 1.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on magnesia carbon bricks from China (A-570-954). The agency said Fengchi Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period under review. If Commerce's "no shipments" finding for Fengchi is continued in the final results, the company won't get a new AD rate. Instead, subject merchandise from Fengchi will continue to enter at AD rates set in the most recent previous review.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on solid urea from Russia (A-821-801). Commerce determined the only company under review, MCC EuroChem, did not undersell subject merchandise during the period of review, assigning the company a zero percent AD duty rate. Subject merchandise from EuroChem entered between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 will be liquidated without any assessment of AD duties, and future entries of solid urea exported from Russia by EuroChem will not be subject to AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. These final results take effect Oct. 9.
The Commerce Department finalized its inquiry on circumvention of antidumping duties on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Taiwan (A-583-843), continuing to find that imports of unfinished bags are circumventing the AD duty order. Commerce made no changes from the preliminary results it issued in May, continuing to find imports of Taiwanese bags that only need their handles die cut and their bottoms sealed should be subject to duties (see 14053022). Commerce will direct CBP to continue suspending liquidation of the unfinished Taiwanese bags entered on or after July 31, 2013.