The International Trade Administration issued an amended final determination and antidumping duty order on certain stilbenic optical brightening agents from Taiwan (A-583-848), which among other things amends the rate for the sole respondent and the All Others rate. The order also details a "gap period" of May 2 - May 7 of no AD duty liability due to the expiration of the provisional measures period. This order is effective May 8, 2012, and is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration issued an amended final determination and antidumping duty order on certain stilbenic optical brightening agents from China (A-570-972), which among other things amends the rate for two respondents and the China-wide entity. The order also details a "gap period" of May 2 - May 7 of no AD duty liability due to the expiration of the provisional measures period. This order is effective May 8, 2012, and is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration issued an amended final determination and antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-804), which among other things amends the rates for two respondents and the all other rates. The order also details a "gap period" of May 2 - May 7 of no AD duty liability due to the expiration of the provisional measures period. This order is effective May 8, 2012, and is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public comment on data and information about the Pre-Authorization Safety Audits (PASA) for three motor carriers that applied to participate in the Agency's long-haul pilot program to test and demonstrate the ability of Mexico-domiciled carriers to operate safely in the U.S. beyond the U.S. municipalities on the U.S.-Mexico border or their commercial zones.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the April May 8, 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):
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932) for one company and the China-wide Entity. The ITA also announced its intent to rescind the administrative review for two companies1, and the rescission of this administrative review for six companies2. 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.
The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for May 7, 2012 (note that some may also be given separate headlines)
The lack of housing formation is probably behind a drop in Nielsen’s TV universe estimates, Sanford Bernstein analyst Todd Juenger wrote investors Friday. The Nielsen numbers are preliminary and will be updated later this year, but they show total number of TV households fell about 0.5 percent from a year earlier to 114.1 million. “This decrease has significant (and we believe under-appreciated) industry ramifications,” Juenger said. “Even if a network delivers the same number of Nielsen panel viewers watching a program, it will produce a lower estimate of total U.S. viewers than it would have a year before.” Another even likelier explanation for the drop is the margin of error in Nielsen’s survey, he said. “They have world-class statisticians, but at the end of the day this is just an estimate based on a survey."
The International Trade Administration issued its final affirmative countervailing duty determination on high pressure steel cylinders from China (C-570-978), which reduces the CV rates for one firm and “all others”. Although this final determination takes effect May 7, 2012, ITA will only require CV cash deposits of estimated CV duties if it issues a CV order.
The International Trade Administration issued its final affirmative antidumping duty determination on high pressure steel cylinders from China (A-570-977), which increases the AD rates for all respondents and the China-wide Entity. This final determination, which is effective May 7, 2012, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.