On January 9, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to the orange juice processing industry informing it that FDA is sampling import shipments of orange juice and will deny entry to shipments that test positive for the fungicide carbendazim.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico (A-201-836) which sets an AD cash deposit rate for two manufacturers or exporters. These rates, which are effective January 12, 2012, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the January 10, 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 preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from China (A-570-891) for one manufacturer/exporter. This preliminary result is not yet in effect, may change in the final results, and could affect the estimated AD cash deposit rate for this company.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review of honey from Argentina (A-357-812) for nine companies. These preliminary results are not in effect. They may change in the final results and could affect the estimated cash deposit rate for these companies.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary determination that Marvin Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. did not satisfy the regulatory requirements for a new shipper review (NSR) of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890), and is preliminarily rescinding the review.
Chinese producer/exporter Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. and domestic petitioner Home Products International, Inc. challenged the results of the August 2007 - July 2008 AD administrative review of floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables from China. The Court of International Trade directed the International Trade Administration to recalculate the surrogate value for labor (as the labor rate data had excluded India), but upheld the ITA’s other determinations.
Civil rights and “digital divide” erasure advocates gave mixed reviews to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s Lifeline reform proposals Monday. As expected (CD Jan 9 p7), Genachowski promised what he called “cost controls” and “a budget” for Lifeline and Link-Up, with most of his efforts focused on rooting out some 200,000 duplicate claims and building a database to prevent future “waste.” The draft order will circulate Tuesday, Genachowski said.
News licensing startup NewsRight doesn’t follow the business model of Righthaven, the struggling law group that sued bloggers for reposting articles, but litigation isn’t out of the question, President David Westin told us. The organization, launched in the summer as the Associated Press’s News Licensing Group, last week said it signed up 29 news and information partners and investors, including The New York Times Co. and Hearst, covering more than 800 websites whose content it has authority to license (CD Jan 6 p12). Focused on digital text for the moment, NewsRight is in “very preliminary” talks with organizations interested in having licensed video and still images from NewsRight’s partners, Westin said.
News licensing startup NewsRight doesn’t follow the business model of Righthaven, the struggling law group that sued bloggers for reposting articles, but litigation isn’t out of the question, President David Westin told us. The organization, launched in the summer as the Associated Press’s News Licensing Group, last week said it signed up 29 news and information partners and investors, including The New York Times Co. and Hearst, covering more than 800 websites whose content it has authority to license (WID Jan 6 p9). Focused on digital text for the moment, NewsRight is in “very preliminary” talks with organizations interested in having licensed video and still images from NewsRight’s partners, Westin said.