The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on activated carbon from China (A-570-904). Changes to the preliminary results caused AD rates to fall for all individually reviewed companies. The new rates are effective Nov. 26, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review and a new shipper review on steel wire garment hangers from China (A-570-918). The administrative review covered Shanghai Wells Group and seven other companies that didn't cooperate (and were assigned to the China-wide entity). The new shipper review covered Hangzhou Yingqing Material Co. Ltd. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970). The agency found a zero AD rate for Minglin. If continued in the final results, entries from Minglin during the period of review will be liquidated without regard to AD duties, and its merchandise will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rates for these companies.
The Commerce Department announced on Nov. 21 its final antidumping duty rates on silica bricks and shapes from China (A-570-988). The agency lowered AD rates slightly to 63.81%-73.1%, down from preliminary AD rates of 84.9%-91.16%. The new AD cash deposit rates will come into effect upon publication of the final determination in the Federal Register. The International Trade Commission is now set to make its final injury determination by Jan. 6. If the ITC finds injury to domestic industry, Commerce will issue an AD order. If not, Commerce will end its investigation and refund AD duty cash deposits.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 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 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.)
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) approved and released Thursday a report that said cybersecurity is better served by “a set of processes that continuously couple information about an evolving threat to defensive reactions and responses” rather than by instituting “a collection of static precautions.” PCAST had expected to present the report in October, but it was delayed because of the government shutdown. PCAST has previously examined cybersecurity issues through classified reports, but “there are many aspects of cybersecurity that we felt are very important to present to a larger community and are in no way classified,” said PCAST Vice Chair William Press, who co-wrote the report with Craig Mundie, a senior adviser to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. A full version of the report was not available Thursday.
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) approved and released Thursday a report that said cybersecurity is better served by “a set of processes that continuously couple information about an evolving threat to defensive reactions and responses” rather than by instituting “a collection of static precautions.” PCAST had expected to present the report in October, but it was delayed because of the government shutdown. PCAST has previously examined cybersecurity issues through classified reports, but “there are many aspects of cybersecurity that we felt are very important to present to a larger community and are in no way classified,” said PCAST Vice Chair William Press, who co-wrote the report with Craig Mundie, a senior adviser to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. A full version of the report was not available Thursday.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Nov. 21 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):
Less than 1 percent of the PS4s that shipped since the console’s Friday launch in North America have hardware problems, said Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) spokesman Dan Race in a statement emailed to us Wednesday. That “represents a very small percentage of total units shipped to date and is within the expected range for a new product introduction,” he said.
The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for Nov. 20 (Note that some may also be given separate headlines.)