The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from China (A-570-806), which sets an AD cash deposit rate of 14.36 percent for Shanghai Jinneng International Trade Co., Ltd. This rate, which is effective Sept. 5, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain polyester staple fiber from Taiwan (A-583-833), which sets an AD cash deposit rate of zero for Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC). This rate, which is effective Sept. 5, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from China (A-570-909) The ITA rescinded this review with respect to 11 separate rate companies because of withdrawals of requests for review,1 and preliminarily rescinded this review with respect to 12 other companies because of no shipments during the period of review.2 360 companies remain under review. 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 these companies.
The International Trade Administration decided not to partially revoke the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from China (A-570-893) with respect to Hilltop International in the final results of its administrative review, and instead assigned the company to the China-wide entity because of an alleged transshipment scheme by the company to avoid AD duties. The ITA also set an AD rate of zero for Zhanjiang Regal Integrated Marine Resources Co., Ltd. These rates, which are effective Sept. 4, are expected to be implemented by CBP soon.
The book publishers who agreed to settle e-book price-fixing claims with the Justice Department (CED April 25 p5) have also reached a separate agreement with the attorneys general of 54 states and U.S. territories plus the District of Columbia. Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster agreed to pay $69 million to states and end their so-called agency agreements with retailers, under which they set the retail price of e-books and retailers such as Amazon received a commission. Publishers will also pay the states’ legal fees, about $7.6 million. The only state not participating was Minnesota; we couldn’t reach that state’s Attorney General Lori Swanson for an explanation.
The book publishers who agreed to settle e-book price-fixing claims with the Justice Department (WID April 12 p4) have also reached a separate agreement with the attorneys general of 54 states and U.S. territories plus the District of Columbia. Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster agreed to pay $69 million to states and end their so-called agency agreements with retailers, under which they set the retail price of e-books and retailers such as Amazon received a commission. Publishers will also pay the states’ legal fees, about $7.6 million. The only state not participating was Minnesota; we couldn’t reach that state’s Attorney General Lori Swanson for an explanation.
The International Trade Administration revoked, in part, the antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils from China (A-570-827) to exclude novelty pencils shaped like drumsticks from the AD duty order. Effective June 1, 2011, pencils that are shaped like drumsticks, do not contain erasers, and are longer than regular wooden pencils are no longer subject to the AD duty order on cased pencils from China. The ITA made no changes from its preliminary results of changed circumstances review, which recommended partial revocation.
The International Trade Administration issued an antidumping duty order on large power transformers from Korea (A-580-867). The order details a "gap period" of Aug. 14 --29 of no AD duty liability due to the expiration of the provisional measures period. This order is effective Aug. 31, and is expected to be implemented by CBP soon.
Apple must wait until Dec. 6 to argue in court for its request for a permanent ban on the U.S. sale of eight Samsung smartphones, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said in an order Tuesday. Apple was initially set to argue for the permanent ban at a previously-scheduled Sept. 20 hearing, at which Koh was expected to issue a final decision on the outcome of Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung over design and utility patent violations.
Apple must wait until Dec. 6 to argue in court for its request for a permanent ban on the U.S. sale of eight Samsung smartphones, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said in an order Tuesday. Apple was initially set to argue for the permanent ban at a previously-scheduled Sept. 20 hearing, at which Koh was expected to issue a final decision on the outcome of Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung over design and utility patent violations.