Steel import permit applications for March totaled 3,144,000 net tons (NT), the American Iron and Steel Institute said, based on Commerce Department data. That was a 22% increase from the 2,580,000 permit tons recorded in February and a 17% increase from the February preliminary imports total of 2,689,000 NT. Import permit tonnage for finished steel in March was 2,275,000 NT, up 11% from the preliminary imports total of 2,051,000 NT in February. On a quarterly basis, finished steel imports in the first quarter of 2012 were 27% higher than in the fourth quarter of 2011, AISI said. March 2012 total and finished steel import permit tons would annualize at 34,591,000 NT and 26,120,000 NT, up 21% and 20%, respectively, vs. the 28,515,000 NT and 21,835,000 NT imported in 2011. The estimated finished steel import market share in March was 23%. In March, the largest finished steel import permit applications for offshore countries were for Korea (282,000 NT, down 6% from February), Turkey (263,000 NT, up 39%), Japan (190,000 NT, up 15%), China (114,000 NT, up 24%) and Germany (106,000 NT, up 32%).
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 April 3, 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.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 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):
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results an antidumping duty new shipper review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-552-802), which sets a zero AD cash deposit rate for the manufacturer/exporter Thong Thuan Company Limited and its subsidiary company, Thong Thuan Seafood Company Limited. No AD cash deposit will be required for all shipments of subject merchandise both produced and exported from Thong Thuan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of April 4, 2012.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-803) which sets an AD cash deposit rate for one manufacturer/exporter. The rate, effective April 4, 2012, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from China (A-552-801) at the request of: Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd.; Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited; Fatfish Company Limited; and Hoang Long Seafood Processing Co., Ltd. The ITA will determine whether each company is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the Vietnam-wide entity rate they currently receive ($2.11 per kilogram).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released its Trade Newsletter for the 2012 second quarter. The newsletter provides and update on Re-engineering Dumping efforts, CBP's Text/Apparel Policy division meetings around the U.S. and expectations for information on the final tuna quota limit. The newsletter also said the COAC will meet in Savannah, Georgia in May.
Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality wants to significantly hike the annual registration fees that manufacturers pay to take part in the state’s E-Cycles e-waste program because the “current fee structure does not generate sufficient revenue to cover DEQ’s actual costs,” the department said in a rulemaking notice published Friday. Under the proposed fee structure, that would take effect with the 2012 fiscal year beginning July 1, manufacturers with the biggest market shares in the state would face the potential of paying up to $35,000 a year to register for E-Cycles, compared with the $15,000 they have been paying annually, the notice said. Comments on the rulemaking are due April 27 (http://www.deq.state.or.us/regulations/proposedrules.htm).
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 March 30, 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.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 2, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows: