The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 2 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 final results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances review of low enriched uranium from France (A-427-818). The ITA , making no changes to the preliminary results of the changed circumstances review, determines that it is appropriate to issue, for one entry only, an amendment to the scope of the order to extend by 18 months the deadline otherwise applicable to Eurodif S.A. and AREVA NP Inc. for the reexportation of one entry of low enriched uranium to no later than November 1, 2013.
The International Trade Administration has initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from China (A-570-851) at the request of Shandong Yinfeng Rare Fungus Co., Ltd. The ITA will determine if this company is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the China-wide entity rate it currently receives.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain welded carbon steel standard pipe from Turkey (C-489-502) for two companies. The CV rate for both companies under review was 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 International Trade Administration made a preliminary negative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to producers and exporters of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman (C-523-802). The ITA preliminarily found de minimis CV rates for the single mandatory respondent and, consequently, "All-Others". As such, ITA will not direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of entries of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the Oman, and, for the time being, there will be no CV cash deposit or bond requirements.
The Court of International Trade sustained the International Trade Administration’s final antidumping duty determination in certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses from Indonesia (A-570-958) with respect to the Indonesian company Pindo Deli’s arguments that (i) the ITA improperly expanded the scope of the investigation to include multi-ply paper, and (ii) the ITA’s final determination is contrary to law because it rests on inadequate industry support.
Research in Motion (RIM) will seek licensing agreements and partnerships for its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system, marking a major break with a previous strategy focused on proprietary software, analysts said.
Research in Motion (RIM) will seek licensing agreements and partnerships for its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system, marking a major break with a previous strategy focused on proprietary software, analysts said.
On March 30, 2012, the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee announced the commencement of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) process. Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) said any members wishing to introduce an MTB must do so by April 30, 2012. Any MTB bill must be non-controversial and any duty suspension must amount to less than $500,000 in annual lost revenue, said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).
The ballots of union TV and movie actors will be counted Friday on a proposal to merge the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), SAG said. That statement followed a federal judge’s decision to block a preliminary injunction against the referendum. “Voting in favor of merger may or may not be in the best interest of the majority of Union members,” U.S. District Court Judge James Otero of California’s Central District wrote. “But the decision, for better or worse, belongs to the Members -- not to plaintiffs and certainly not to the Court.” It’s been the SAG’s “position all along that these complaints were completely without merit and that the members will ultimately decide the future of their unions,” said Deputy National Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland. The unions said they'll disclose the referendum results Friday at 4 p.m. EDT.