As the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework moves toward a final draft, the government should focus on providing incentives for, not regulating, its adoption, and translating its recommendations into business objectives, said speakers on a Center for Strategic and International Studies panel Thursday. All said the framework was a good first step and the right building block for creating cybersecurity best practices.
As the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework moves toward a final draft, the government should focus on providing incentives for, not regulating, its adoption, and translating its recommendations into business objectives, said speakers on a Center for Strategic and International Studies panel Thursday. All said the framework was a good first step and the right building block for creating cybersecurity best practices.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 4, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
Antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Sweden and Taiwan will continue, after the International Trade Commission found on Dec. 2 a reasonable indication of injury to domestic industry from dumped and illegally subsidized imports. A non-injury finding would have ended the investigations. But the ITC voted 4-0 that injury may be occurring.
The Commerce Department is beginning antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane from China, according to a Dec. 3 fact sheet released by the agency. Mexichem requested the investigations Oct. 22, alleging domestic market share fell “significantly,” and imports of R-134a from China accounted for all of this decline (see 13102331). The chemical, also known as R-134a, is used as a refrigerant gas in air conditioning systems.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Dec. 3 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 beginning an antidumping duty new shipper review on drawn stainless steel sinks from China (A-570-983) at the request of Foshan Success Imp & Exp Co., Ltd., for merchandise the exports to the U.S. that is produced by Xinhe Stainless Steel Products. Commerce will determine if Success is independent from state control, and therefore eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the China-wide entity rate it currently receives.
The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a final rule to require electronic reporting of information required by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Effective March 4, EPA will only accept data, reports, and other information subject to TSCA Section 4 (including test rules and enforceable consent agreements), Section 8(a) (preliminary analysis information), and Section 8(d) (health and safety data) if they're submitted through the agency’s Central Data Exchange (CDX) and Chemical Information Submission System (CISS) tool. The rule also extends electronic submission to certain documents related to TSCA Section 5 premanufacture and significant new use notifications originally submitted before April 2010. “Data, reports, and other information not submitted in the manner required will not be considered by EPA to have met the filing requirements of those rules,” the final rule says.
The Commerce Department is extending until Feb. 11 the deadline for the preliminary determination in its countervailing duty investigation on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (C-570-991). Commerce’s preliminary finding was originally due Dec. 8, but the agency said the late due date for the original questionnaire and the complicated nature of the investigation justify pushing it back. Cash deposits of estimated CV duties can only be collected after the preliminary determination in AD 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 chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain (A-469-814). The agency continued to find a zero AD rate for Ercros, S.A., the only respondent. Commerce will direct CBP to liquidate period of review entries of subject merchandise from Ercros without regard to AD duties, and will not collect a cash deposit on future entries of subject merchandise exported by Ercros until further notice. The new rate is effective Dec. 3, and will be implemented by CBP soon.