The International Trade Administration made a preliminary affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of utility scale wind towers from China (C-570-982). The ITA found preliminary CV rates of 13.74% to 26%, which are effective June 6. U.S. Customs is expected to implement these CV cash deposit requirements soon. Pursuant to the ITA's October 2011 final rule, no bond will be accepted in lieu of a cash deposit.
Public safety officials in many major U.S. cities remain concerned about a requirement that they vacate the 700 MHz T-band, Public Safety Spectrum Trust Chairman Harlin McEwen told the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council. Under spectrum legislation that became law in February, public safety got the 700 MHz D-block, but had to give up the T-band, heavily used in a number of major cities. Public safety is required to vacate the T-band within nine years, under the spectrum law. In April, the FCC Public Safety Bureau imposed an immediate freeze on applications for new stations and major modifications in the T-band.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's web site as of June 5 along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://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.)
CP Kelco filed antidumping petitions with the International Trade Administration and International Trade Commission June 5, alleging xanthan gum from Austria and China is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. “Xanthan gum imports have increased dramatically over the past several years due to what we believe to be unfair pricing practices of Chinese and Austrian producers,” said John Taylor, vice president-supply chain and logistics for CP Kelco, which is a subsidiary of the J.M. Huber Corporation.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the June 5 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts from China (C-570-938) for the RZBC Companies (RZBC Group Shareholding Co., Ltd / RZBC Co., Ltd. / RZBC Juxian Co., Ltd. / RZBC Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.). 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 this company.
The International Trade Administration made a preliminary affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of large residential washers from Korea (C-580-869). The ITA found preliminary CV rates of de minimis to 70.58%, which are effective June 5, 2012. U.S. Customs is expected to implement these CV cash deposit requirements soon. Pursuant to the ITA's October 2011 final rule, no bond will be accepted in lieu of a cash deposit.
The Court of International Trade granted stays in six proceedings pending resolution of the appeal in the Union Steel v. U.S. case regarding zeroing in administrative reviews. The six proceedings challenge the International Trade Administration’s use of zeroing in the 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2008-09 administrative reviews of the antidumping duty order on ball bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the U.K. CIT said the AD administrative reviews concern different antidumping duty orders and administrative reviews than are involved in the Union Steel case, but both cases raise the same general issue of the permissibility under current law of the ITA’s application of the zeroing methodology in an administrative review.
CBP has posted the fiscal year 2012 preliminary Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (commonly referred to as the Byrd Amendment) amounts available as of April 30, 2012, which provides information on the amounts available to disburse by case.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the June 4, 2012 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):