A satellite jointly owned by China and Brazil was lost after it was launched Monday on a Chinese rocket. CBERS-3 was intended to help generate images in Brazil of agricultural zoning, natural disaster monitoring and other applications, said Brazil’s space agency in a news release (http://bit.ly/1d5t6T9). The launch vehicle, Long March 4B, malfunctioned, and the satellite wasn’t placed into orbit, it said. “Preliminary evaluations suggest that the CBERS-3 has returned to the planet.” The causes of the problem are being evaluated by Chinese engineers, the agency said.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Dec. 10 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 3 its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from China. The agency’s preliminary findings were originally due Dec. 28, but Commerce extended the deadline based on a request from domestic industry. Only after the preliminary determination is issued can Commerce require cash deposits of estimated CV duties.
CBP posted its fiscal year 2013 Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (also known as the "Byrd Amendment") annual report (here). Among other things, CBP lists $45.6 million in antidumping duties that are awaiting collection and then disbursement, which will occur in the year in which the monies are received.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 9 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Dec. 9 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 extending until March 3 the deadline for its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty investigations on monosodium glutamate from China and Indonesia (C-570-993, C-560-827). The agency decided to postpone on its own accord, after finding the investigations are “extraordinarily complicated” because of the number and complexity of the subsidy programs being investigated. Cash deposits of estimated CV duties can only be collected after the preliminary determination in CV duty investigations, although cash deposits can be made retroactive 90 days from the preliminary determination if Commerce finds “critical circumstances.”
The Commerce Department preliminarily found dumping of imports of prestressed concrete steel rail tie wire from China and Mexico, but no dumping of imports from Thailand, it announced in a Dec. 6 fact sheet. That means Commerce will require AD duty cash deposits of 14.64-18.02% on rail tie wire from China, and 27.88% on rail tie wire from Mexico. But AD duty cash deposits will not be required on rail tie wire from Thailand until further notice. Commerce is currently set to make its final decisions by April 25. ITT will provide more details on Commerce’s preliminary determinations once they are published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department is extending until Feb. 19 the deadline for its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey (C-489-819). Although the agency’s preliminary finding was due Dec. 16, Commerce said it received a request from domestic industry to postpone the deadline. Cash deposits of estimated CV duties can only be collected after the preliminary determination in CV duty investigations, although cash deposits can be made retroactive 90 days from the preliminary determination if Commerce finds “critical circumstances.”
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frontseating service valves from China (A-570-933). Commerce said one of the reviewed companies, Zhejiang DunAn Hetian Metal, had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. As such, its AD cash deposit rate will remain at the level set in its previous administrative review. Otherwise, new rates are effective Dec. 9, and will be implemented by CBP soon.