The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the November 10, 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 first-ever national emergency alert system test saw glitches at cable operators, DBS providers and commercial and nonprofit radio and TV broadcasters, our survey of those EAS participants and our own research found. The exercise was shortened last week to 30 seconds from three minutes, after the NCTA unsuccessfully sought a delay because many cable encoder-decoder units that pass the alert on couldn’t show video saying it was a test (CD Nov 7 p6). That prompted worries among government and industry officials that viewers would think an actual emergency occurred, but broadcast executives said that didn’t appear to have happened, based on initial reports. All EAS participants have a month and a half to report to the FCC how things went.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of polyester staple fiber from China (A-570-905) for six companies, two of which are revoked from the order for goods they both manufacture and export. The revocations and revised rates, which are effective November 9, 2011, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The Government Accountability Office has published its testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, stating that based on preliminary observations in an ongoing GAO investigation, counterfeit military-grade electronic parts can be found on Internet purchasing platforms and can enter the Department of Defense supply chain.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site as of November 8, 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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection states that FY 2011 distributions under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA, commonly referred to as the Byrd Amendment) are expected to be processed by November 29, 2011. In addition, it preliminary calculates that the withholding required by the Claims Resolution Act on the CDSOA for FY 2011 will be $7.95 million.
The FCC fully embraces an Obama administration push to review all federal regulations with an eye on making sure they are cost-effective, Chairman Julius Genachowski said Monday in a speech to the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy. “It’s important that the FCC review our major rules regularly,” Genachowski said. “We operate in the fast-moving world of telecommunications, where changes in technology occur in real time. In our world, both for companies and for the FCC, standing still can mean moving backward.” Genachowski highlighted a recent agreement on a voluntary industry approach to addressing wireless “bill shock,” unveiled last month (CD Oct 18 p1). The FCC has significantly reduced its backlog of unresolved licensing applications, with an 89 percent reduction in satellite and a 30 percent cut in broadcast licensing application backlog, he said. The FCC has also closed 999 dockets on his watch, one third of open dockets, Genachowski said. The FCC releases its decisions much more quickly than in the past, he said. “It used to take on average 14 calendar days after a vote for the commission to release the full text of its decisions, and major orders could take weeks or months to be released as language was finalized and documents were processed,” he said. “Now our average is down to just three days, with a majority of decisions released within one day of the commission’s vote.” Genachowski released Monday a “Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Analysis of Existing Rules,” concurrent with the Georgetown speech. The document (http://xrl.us/bmh3ts) says the FCC is planning a rulemaking on how regulatory fees are assessed, will examine how to standardize its delegated authority rules and is committed to examining its Part 25 (earth and space stations), Part 43 (reporting requirements for international telecommunications) and Part 76 (technical standards for cable television service) rules, among other steps.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932), which sets new AD cash deposit rates for over 100 exporters. These rates, which are effective November 4, 2011, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The Office of the Register of Copyrights advocated the mass-digitization efforts of the Library of Congress and other leading U.S. public institutions, in a recent preliminary analysis and discussion paper. Mass digitization and dissemination of books “may serve important public interest goals that justify restricting or limiting certain exclusive rights for works that are subject to a lengthy copyright term,” the report said. But the report offered more questions than answers about how libraries, Congress and the marketplace are to proceed with the digitization of works.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site as of November 3, 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.