U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ADD/CVD message which contains adjusted antidumping duty rates for the mandatory respondent and the majority of the separate rate respondents under the International Trade Administration's amended preliminary affirmative AD duty determination on oil country tubular goods from China (A-570-943).
CEA and the ITI Council gave a stern rebuke Friday to Electronic Takeback Coalition allegations that their lawsuit to block New York City’s e-waste law from taking effect was a strategy to sidestep a meaningful commitment to take back products. The claim was made by Barbara Kyle, the coalition’s national coordinator, in a Thursday media briefing with reporters (CED Jan 15 p2). It’s “utterly false,” CEA and ITI said in a joint e-mailed statement.
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.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews:
Harris completed the “preliminary implementation review” of U.S. Army’s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals program and will next move to the design phase, the company said Wednesday. The program involves new military satellite communications terminals around the world to accommodate high-priority military communications and missile defense systems, Harris said. The review was done with the Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems project manager and involved a look at preliminary design and life cycle support. Harris will design and test four different terminals during a 30-month, First Article Test phase, it said.
The California Air Resources Board has posted recommendations from its Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee (EAAC) on a range of economic issues related to the design of a California Cap-and-Trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
MetroPCS added 317,000 net subscribers in Q4 vs. 519,519 net additions in Q4 2008, bringing its total customer base to 6.6 million, the company said. The carrier’s customer churn rose to 5.3 percent from 5.1 percent a year earlier. MetroPCS’s existing markets held up strongly due to promotions but its expansion markets in the Northeast like New York and Boston, saw a decline from the third quarter, analysts said. The company’s “core” markets accounted for 205,000 net new customers while its newer markets contributed 112,000. CEO Roger Linquist called the weaker subscriber growth in the new markets an “aberration,” saying there was some pick-up later in Q4. The opportunity to grow in the prepaid space is quite substantial, Linquist said during an investor conference Tuesday. The carrier will get a more attractive handset lineup in Q1, including a Research in Motion BlackBerry smartphone, he said. In addition to the preliminary subscriber results, the company expects to spend $35 million in Q1 to promote new plans. The carrier launched its “Wireless for All” plans Tuesday. The plans range from $40 to $60 per month and offer unlimited nationwide talk, text and Web services with all taxes and fees included. Meanwhile, MetroPCS is no longer offering a free month of service with the purchase of a new handset. Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett maintained his “Outperform” rating on MetroPCS shares, saying calling plan prices are bound to come down even further, but MetroPCS and Leap will still have attractive economics.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of silicon metal from China for the period of June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008.
CBP issued a CSMS message stating that between the hours of midnight Sunday morning, January 10, 2010 and 4pm Monday, January 11, 2010, a small number of accepted responses to Importer Security Filings included an ISF transaction number wherein the sequential portion of the number is valid, but the filer code portion is not the actual filer code of the party filing the ISF. In those instances, CBP has modified its files to reflect the proper ISF transaction number using the sequential portion as originally reported and substituting the actual filer code for the party filing the ISF transaction. (CSMS 10-000008, dated 01/12/10, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17788&page=&srch_argv=10-000008&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain polyester staple fiber from China for the period of December 26, 2006 through May 31, 2008.