The Office of Textiles and Apparel has posted to its website monthly reports containing official February 2010 trade data from the Census Department for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following countervailing duty administrative reviews:
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
The EPA released draft Energy Star specifications for data center storage systems and computer servers. Many aspects remained unaddressed in the first draft of version 1.0 of the data center storage specification, the agency said, and the document reflects the agency’s “latest thinking” based on stakeholder input. The first draft of version 2.0 of the specification for computer servers represents EPA “intended” tier 2 requirements in version 1.0 of the specification. The deadline for comments on both the documents is May 21.
The International Trade Commission has instituted an investigation and requests comments on proposed Harmonized Tariff Schedule amendments to modify the classification of certain footwear in Chapter 64, in order to take into account various World Customs Organization decisions.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from China.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor” in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order’s duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
LIN TV Q1 sales rose about 23 percent from a year earlier to $91.8 million, preliminary results indicate, the broadcaster said. Boosts in political ad sales, retransmission consent fees and non-political local and national ads fueled the gains. “We are pleased to see signs of an economic recovery,” said CEO Vincent Sadusky. “The preliminary first quarter results show positive momentum and pacing for the second quarter is currently greater than 20 percent ahead of where we were last year at this time.” LIN will report full Q1 results April 22. Its stock rose 8.1 percent Wednesday.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice that it is postponing the preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of drill pipe from China.