CBP has posted a memorandum announcing a special import quota of 17,335,657 kg for upland cotton that is provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter III, U.S. Note 6 and is entered under HTS 9903.52.42. (CBP notes that this quantity is not subject to the tariff-rate quotas in Chapter 52 Additional U.S. Notes 5 through 10.)
Motorola announced further cost reduction plans and preliminary Q4 results Thursday. Beginning immediately, the manufacturer will cut about 4,000 jobs in 2009, including some 3,000 positions in its Mobile Devices business and some 1,000 associated with corporate functions and other business units, it said. The savings from job cuts, together with the $800 million of savings from other actions announced earlier are expected to result in aggregate cost savings of $1.5 billion in 2009, it said. The Mobile Devices business expects to recognize annual cost savings of about $1.2 billion in 2009, co-CEO Sanjay Jha said. The vendor is on track in developing new smartphones for 2009, he said. Motorola shipped about 19 million units in Q4, down from 25.4 million in Q3 and 40.9 million in the same period of 2007. Sales were hurt by weak consumer demand and customer inventory reductions, it said. But Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Home and Networks Mobility businesses remained strong. The company ended the year with some $7.4 billion in cash. Total sales for Q4 are expected to be in the range of $7-7.2 billion. Deutsche Bank maintained its Buy rating, saying it expects the company to turn around the handset business in coming quarters.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances review of certain pasta from Italy and is reinstating the AD duty order for subject merchandise produced and exported by Pasta Lensi S.r.l.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a proposed rule that would add a new 16 CFR 1500.91 in order to make determinations that certain natural, untreated and unadulterated materials and certain metals do not exceed the lead content limits for children's products1 that are mandated by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA2).
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that small diameter graphite electrodes from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission members elected Sandy Jones chairman, choosing David King as vice-chair, the commission said Friday. The day before, the commission approved a stipulation signed by Qwest but not SkyWi declaring that the warring companies would give customers 10 business days’ notice before Qwest disconnects SkyWi. That conflict led Qwest last month to cut off the VoIP provider (CD Jan8 p9). The Commission ordered SkyWi to warn customers that Qwest will discontinue service if it learns from Qwest of plans to cut off SkyWi service. SkyWi said it didn’t want to sign the stipulation because it has a request pending in Albuquerque U.S. district court for a preliminary injunction against anticompetitive behavior in New Mexico by Qwest, the commission said. The court was to hear that request Jan. 13. State legislators from southern New Mexico want the commission to keep regulating telecom service and quality, Commissioner King said. “They have a great deal of concern regarding this particular incident,” he said in a statement. “They have indicated to me that if there are any loopholes in the state law, they intend to bring legislation in the upcoming session to correct it.” Qwest said 98 to 99 percent of SkyWi customers have service and that the 25 to 50 customers still lacking service soon would have it, said the commission.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan for the period of June 1, 2006 through May 31, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has initiated and issued the preliminary results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of wooden bedroom furniture from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of carbazole violet pigment 23 from China for the period of December 1, 2006 through November 30, 2007.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has added four unpublished Federal Register notices to accompany previously posted briefing packages on possible exemptions to certain requirements of the progressive ban on lead content in children's products1 that is mandated by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA2).