The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the October 5, 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):
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials and COAC members discussed COAC's recommendations and CBP's next steps for the agency's Role of the Broker Project at the COAC meeting that was held on October 4 in El Paso, Texas. CBP also discussed its proposals for Simplified Entry, Summary and Financial Processing, including its plans for a Simplified Entry pilot before the end of 2011.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) posted the following notices from September 29-30, 2011 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the October 3, 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 bill of materials for Amazon’s coming Kindle Fire tablet totals $191.65, according to a preliminary estimate by IHS iSuppli, it said Friday. That’s slightly more than the $185 previously estimated by IHS iSuppli analyst Steven Mather. Amazon is “willing to settle for a razor-thin margin on sales of devices and digital content in order to achieve the larger goal of promoting” merchandise sales at its online store, IHS said. Adding on manufacturing expenses, it estimated that the total cost to produce the Fire will be $209.63. Amazon said last week that it will ship the Fire for $199 Nov. 15 (WID Sept 29 p4). Factoring in costs outside of materials and manufacturing, as well as the expected sales of digital content per device, IHS estimated that Amazon will “generate a marginal profit of $10 on each Kindle Fire sold.” But the Fire and “content demand it stimulates will serve to promote sales of the kinds of physical goods that comprise the majority of Amazon’s business,” IHS said. “Amazon doesn’t make a substantial profit on sales of Kindle hardware and content such as e-books and music,” the research company said. IHS estimated the Fire’s touch-screen display is “the most expensive subsystem of the device,” at $87. It estimated that the applications processor costs $15. The IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Team will “conduct a complete physical teardown” of the device after it ships, IHS said. The Fire “represents an enhancement of the e-book reader, which will serve to expand both the e-book reader and tablet markets,” IHS said, predicting the device “will be a successful product” that could become the No. 2 tablet, behind the iPad.
The International Trade Administration has initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801) at the request of An Phu Seafood Corporation, GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Company, and DOCIFISH Corporation. The ITA will determine whether each company, as producer and exporter, are eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the Vietnam-wide entity rate they currently receive ($2.11 per kilogram).
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on certain lined paper products from China (A-570-091).The ITA is revoking the AD duty order with respect to FiveStar® Advance™ notebooks and notebook organizers without polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coatings. This revocation, which is officially effective September 30, 2011, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon. The ITA states it is taking this action due to domestic producer request and the fact that no objections to this intended action were received.
The bill of materials for the Kindle Fire tablet totals $191.65, according to a preliminary estimate by IHS iSuppli, it said Friday. That’s slightly more than the $185 previously estimated by IHS iSuppli analyst Steven Mather (CED Sept 30 p3). Amazon is “willing to settle for a razor-thin margin on sales of devices and digital content in order to achieve the larger goal of promoting” merchandise sales at its online store, IHS said. Adding on manufacturing expenses, it estimated that the total cost to produce the Fire will be $209.63. Amazon said last week that it will ship the Fire for $199 Nov. 15 (CED Sept 29 p1). Factoring in costs outside of materials and manufacturing, as well as the expected sales of digital content per device, IHS estimated that Amazon will “generate a marginal profit of $10 on each Kindle Fire sold.” But the Fire and “content demand it stimulates will serve to promote sales of the kinds of physical goods that comprise the majority of Amazon’s business,” IHS said. “Amazon doesn’t make a substantial profit on sales of Kindle hardware and content such as e-books and music,” the research company said. IHS estimated the Fire’s touch-screen display is “the most expensive subsystem of the device,” at $87. It estimated that the applications processor costs $15. The IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Team will “conduct a complete physical teardown” of the device after it ships, IHS said. The Fire “represents an enhancement of the e-book reader, which will serve to expand both the e-book reader and tablet markets,” IHS said, predicting the device “will be a successful product” that could become the No. 2 tablet, behind the iPad.
NAIROBI -- A new U.N. oversight body for Internet self-regulatory organizations was rejected at the U.N. Internet Governance Meeting. Representatives of the technical community, from different governments, the private sector and non-governmental organizations questioned the value of the proposal and warned against undermining the multi-stakeholder model.
The International Trade Administration has issued a final rule to modify its antidumping and countervailing duty regulations under 19 CFR Part 351 so that the posting of cash deposits will be the normal1 provisional measure used from the date of the affirmative preliminary determination until the AD or CV order’s effective date2. The posting of bonds will no longer be allowed during this provisional measures3 period.