The International Trade Administration found dumping and illegal subsidization by exports of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam (A-552-812 / C-552-813) in its final determinations from the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations, it announced. AD rates in the final determination for Vietnamese exporters range from 150.83 to 214.51 percent, as adjusted for export subsidies. CV rates range from 31.58 to 90.42 percent. The International Trade Commission is set to make its final injury determination by Jan. 31, and AD/CV duty orders will issue if the ITC finds injury.
The International Trade Administration found dumping and illegal subsidization of imports of utility scale wind towers from China (A-570-981 / C-570-982), as well as dumping of imports of wind towers from Vietnam (A-552-814), it said as it concluded these antidumping and countervailing duty investigations. The International Trade Commission is set to make its final injury determination by Jan. 31, after which the ITA will issue AD/CV duty orders if the ITC finds injury.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Dec. 17, 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://1.usa.gov/VxGCVA. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge said he will rule “as quickly as I can” on a motion for a preliminary injunction against a new California law that would require registered sex offenders to give local law enforcement a list of their ISPs and certain online user names. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation challenged the law, which voters approved as Proposition 35 on Election Day. U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson oversaw a hearing Monday on that motion and another to allow the ballot measure sponsors to intervene on behalf of California. Henderson said he is inclined to grant the latter motion and took both matters under submission. The law has yet to take effect as the court weighs the injunction motion.
CBP issued a memorandum saying the 2013 preliminary low-duty tariff rate quota limit for tuna and skipjack, in airtight containers, not in oil, in containers, weighing with their contents not over 7 kg each, is 15,843,092 kg.
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge said he will rule “as quickly as I can” on a motion for a preliminary injunction against a new California law that would require registered sex offenders to give local law enforcement a list of their ISPs and certain online user names. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation challenged the law, which voters approved as Proposition 35 on Election Day. U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson oversaw a hearing Monday on that motion and another to allow the ballot measure sponsors to intervene on behalf of California. Henderson said he is inclined to grant the latter motion and took both matters under submission. The law has yet to take effect as the court weighs the injunction motion.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain oil country tubular goods from China (A-570-943). The ITA assigned the Chengde Group1 an AD rate of 172.54 percent, and rescinded the review for 18 non-separate rate companies for which review requests were withdrawn.2 The rescinded companies will continue to receive the China-wide rate. The new rate is effective Dec. 17, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced their own customs reauthorization bill Dec. 13. That bill, the Customs Enhanced Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act (HR-6656), is almost exactly the same as the customs reauthorization bill introduced by House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) Dec. 7. The main difference between the two bills is language on antidumping/countervailing duty evasion.
Version one of the Connect America Fund Phase II cost model is now available, the FCC Wireline Bureau said Tuesday (http://xrl.us/bn5v86). The model will determine Phase II support for price cap carriers. The draft (http://xrl.us/bn5v88) is only accessible after filing an executed acknowledgment of confidentiality with the bureau, and served on the counsel of record for CostQuest. The bureau “emphasizes that it has not adopted this version” of the model, and “inclusion of various capabilities does not represent a preliminary finding about the approach that the Bureau will ultimately adopt,” it said. The bureau expects a second version of the model to be released in the coming weeks, with an update to 2010 census geographies and updated State Broadband Initiative data, it said. The bureau expects to adopt a final version of the model in 2013, which will be used to estimate support in price cap areas.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Dec. 12 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):