The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the November 23, 2011 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 preliminary determined that laminated woven sacks from China, that are subject to certain screen printing, are not circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on laminated woven sacks from China (A-570-916 and C-570-917).
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the November 22, 2011 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 Federal Register notices on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from India, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam (A-533-852, A-523-801, A-520-805, A-522-811, C-533-853, C-523-802, C-520-806, and C-552-810).
The Rural Cellular Association panned the FCC universal service overhaul (CD Nov 19 Bulletin). “I appreciate the FCC’s work to modernize USF, but unfortunately the Order confirms our previous concerns that wireless services are significantly underfunded,” RCA President Steve Berry said. “Adequately funding wireless services would have encouraged competitive carriers to participate -- needless to say, this was a missed opportunity for the FCC to promote industry competition and the build-out of advanced high-speed mobile services."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
Amazon is losing money on every Kindle Fire that it sells based on hardware alone, IHS iSuppli said a teardown analysis of the tablet showed. Amazon sells the tablet for $199. But the Fire’s bill of materials (BOM) totals $185.60 and the total manufacturing cost comes to $201.70 after factoring in manufacturing services expenses, IHS said Friday. Amazon didn’t comment on the report’s findings. But comments made by Chief Financial Officer Thomas Szkutak in an earnings call last month provided a sign that the company wasn’t going to be making much, if any, profit from hardware alone from selling the Fire or its other new Kindle devices (WID Oct 27 p10). When Amazon thinks about “the economics of the Kindle business, we think about it in totality,” he said. “We think of the lifetime value of those devices. So we're not just thinking about the economics of the device and the accessories. We're thinking about the content,” too, he said. The Fire “is sold at a loss by Amazon, just as the basic Kindle is also sold at a loss at the current $79 retail price point,” said Andrew Rassweiler, IHS senior director, teardown services. “Amazon makes its money not on Kindle hardware, but on the paid content and other products it plans to sell the consumer through the Kindle,” he said. That’s “a similar business model to wireless companies” including AT&T and Verizon Wireless, he said. “They sell you a phone that costs them $400 to $600 or more to make for a price of only $200. However, they expect to more than make up for that loss with a two-year service contract.” The BOM and manufacturing cost figures provided by IHS on Friday were slightly lower than the preliminary estimates that the research company made in late September, before the tablet shipped. IHS then estimated the Fire carried a BOM of $191.65 and a total cost of $209.63 when factoring in the manufacturing and margin expenses (WID Oct 3 p9). “Surprise design wins” in the Fire included the use of a touch-screen control-integrated source from the previously unknown Ilitek, and a wireless local area network module from new supplier Jorjin, IHS said. The use of an unfamiliar source for the touch-screen controller integrated circuit “reflects the growing trend of new suppliers entering the market,” it said. “Amid booming sales for touch screen devices, IC suppliers have jumped into the fray to satisfy the increase in demand.” The trend was also shown in recent designs including a Vizio tablet featuring a touch-control IC from EETI and the Lenovo A60 smartphone that used a touch-control IC from FocalTech Systems, IHS said. The Jorjin device provided Amazon with “a cheaper approach to implementing WLAN support, at just $4.50, yielding a $1 savings in BOM costs,” IHS said.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the November 21, 2011 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):
Amazon is losing money on every Kindle Fire that it sells based on hardware alone, IHS iSuppli said a teardown analysis of the tablet showed. Amazon sells the tablet for $199. But the Fire’s bill of materials (BOM) totals $185.60 and the total manufacturing cost comes to $201.70 after factoring in manufacturing services expenses, IHS said Friday.
International Trade Administration officials state that the October 25, 2011 antidumping duty final results notice on folding tables and chairs from China (A-570-868), that revoked the order for New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., failed to specify that the revocation was only for New-Tec as both "producer and exporter". Instead, the notice mistakenly said that the order was revoked for one exporter, New-Tec.