According to CBP officials, the upcoming ACE Simplified Entry Pilot, at this point, will exclude entries that have other government agency (OGA) requirements, such as Food and Drug Administration or Fish and Wildlife Service requirements, etc. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials also state that Simplified Entry will seek "best available" data that can be updated later. In addition, the submission of an ISF will still be required for the ocean mode, but the submission of ISF-like data will be voluntary for other modes.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site as of November 16, 2011, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. These messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (A-570-898) for four companies. The AD cash deposit rates, which are effective November 16, 2011, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration has issued Federal Register notices on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells) from China (A-570-979 and C-570-980).
GENEVA -- The World Meteorological Association secretariat has expanded a username and password system introduced to limit access to a small number of working documents in a steering group on spectrum coordination to include nearly all relevant documents at meetings since, according to interviews with participants and a comparison of the organization’s website, restricted documents we obtained and public information. The organization also appears to be hosting ITU documents on the WMO website without obtaining permission.
The Government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for Nov 11-14, 2011 (note that some will also be given separate headlines):
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the November 15, 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 the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of frontseating service valves from China (A-570-933) for two companies. The revised AD cash deposit rates, which are effective November 15, 2011, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee Thursday formally recommended that NTIA reallocate the 1755-1850 MHz band for commercial use in “stages,” making 1755-1780 MHz available first. That spectrum has been the top priority of industry for reallocation for wireless broadband. CSMAC approved a report on the band by a unanimous vote with one abstention. The report says NTIA should launch “an informal process ... to directly exchange data and have a dialogue between government and industry in order to facilitate and implement the spectrum recommendations in this Report.”
An NPR satellite feed caused a systemic audio glitch with Wednesday’s first-ever nationwide test (CD Nov 10 p2) of the emergency alert system (EAS). The Squawk Channel feed was used by some commercial radio and TV stations and multichannel video programming providers to carry the test alert from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, executives said. The feed also was used for some noncommercial stations, which got the channel directly from NPR and who then passed it onto the other types of EAS participants. Broadcasters and MVPDs that relied on the feed for the test had the audio test message disrupted. The exercise nonetheless worked as intended, because the EAS participants got the simulated warning and passed it on, even though the announcement couldn’t be clearly heard, said executives who participated in the test.