The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate (CTL plate) from Korea for the period of February 1, 2008, through January 31, 2009.
The International Trade Administration has initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China with respect to the following exporter/producer combinations and review period:
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of magnesia carbon brick from China and Mexico.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty investigations of certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses from China (C-570-959) and Indonesia (C-560-824).
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of certain potassium phosphate salts from China (C-570-963).
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."
A federal appeals court has upheld a district court's denial of the American Trucking Association's request for a preliminary junction against a major portion of the Port of Los Angeles' clean trucks program requirements.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews:
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered Inc21 to halt illegal practices that added unauthorized charges to the telephone bills of thousands of consumers and small businesses. The Federal Trade Commission charged the Internet services company with using third-party billing aggregators to place charges on phone bills, the FTC said in a release. They hired off-shore telemarketers “who offered a free trial without explaining that customers would have to take certain steps to avoid charges.” The scam amassed about $19 million between 2004 and 2009, the FTC said. District Judge William Alsup issued a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. The FTC said it plans to ask the court for a permanent halt and an order forcing “the defendants to give up their ill-gotten gains.”
Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) has announced that Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) has again postponed publication of its final list of U.S. products that may be subject to increased duties of up to 100% due to the U.S.' noncompliance with World Trade Organization findings in the upland cotton dispute.1