The International Trade Administration published notices in the Sept. 21 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):
In a challenge of the effective date of a partial revocation for certain types of nails that resulted from a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from China (A-570-909), the Court of International Trade denied plaintiff Itochu’s motion for an earlier effective date because it didn’t exhaust its administrative remedies. Although Itochu, a U.S. importer of nails from China, argued for the earlier effective date before the preliminary determination was issued, it did not file comments on the preliminary determination itself.
The FCC Wireless Bureau released a pleading cycle on a proposed spectrum deal, in which AT&T would buy two Wireless Communications Service licenses from San Diego Gas & Electric. “The proposed transaction would assign 10 megahertz of C and D Block WCS spectrum to AT&T in [Cellular Market Area] 18 (San Diego, California),” the bureau said (http://xrl.us/bnqhzh). “Preliminary review of the proposed transaction indicates that, post transaction in this CMA, AT&T would hold 30 megahertz of WCS spectrum, and 120 megahertz of spectrum in total, assuming that the other pending applications in this docket are granted.” Petitions to deny are due Oct. 1, oppositions Oct. 11, replies Oct. 22.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea (C-580-818) for two companies. The CV rates for all three companies under review were preliminarily found to be de minimis1. These CV rates are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated CV cash deposit rate for these companies.
The Food and Drug Administration will not at this time recommend changes by consumers about their consumption of rice and rice products due to arsenic concerns, it said after reviewing preliminary data on the subject. The preliminary results of the study found average levels of inorganic arsenic for the various rice and rice products of 3.5 to 6.7 micrograms of inorganic arsenic per serving. The study includes various brands of rice (non-Basmati), Basmati rice, brown rice, rice cereals (puffed, non-puffed, hot cereal, and infant cereals), rice cakes, and rice milk.
Dish Network will launch a branded satellite-based broadband service by Q4, focusing on bundling it with video to avoid competing with EchoStar’s Hughes Communications and ViaSat, said Vivek Khemka, Dish vice president-product management.
Dish Network will launch a branded satellite-based broadband service by Q4, focusing on bundling it with video to avoid competing with EchoStar’s Hughes Communications and ViaSat, said Vivek Khemka, Dish vice president-product management.
The tomato agreement between the U.S. and Mexico has procedures to resolve differences between the two countries, but Florida tomato growers are “taking advantage of the electoral situation in the United States” by pressing for early termination of the agreement, said Mexican Under Secretary for International Trade Francisco de Rosenweig.
The Court of International Trade affirmed the countervailing duty rate determined for Yama Ribbons and Bows in the International Trade Administration’s final determination from the CV duty investigation of certain narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from China (C-570-953).
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on uncovered innerspring units from China (A-570-928) for one company, Tai Wa Hong. The ITA preliminarily determined that Tai Wa Hong failed to cooperate in the review, and so assigned it an adverse facts available (AFA) rate of 234.51 percent. According to the ITA's issues and decision memo in the IAACCESS database, Tai Wa Hong is a Macau company that failed to respond to the ITA's questionnaires. Because the company is not in China for the ITA's purposes, it assigned the company its own AFA rate rather than the China-wide rate. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for this company.