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 a notice stating that it is postponing the preliminary countervailing duty determination on commodity matchbooks from India.
Broadband speeds don’t live up to ISP claims, the U.K. Office of Communications said Thursday. Data sampled over 30 days in October and November show that average download speed for DSL broadband services across Britain was 3.6 Mbps, 49% of the average advertised speed of 7.2 Mbps, and only 45 percent of speeds touting “up to” 8 Mbps, Ofcom said. Average maximum line speed for 8 Mbps packages was only 4.5 Mbps, and one-fifth of consumers on 8 Mbps packages received average speeds of less than 2 Mbps, it said. Users are generally satisfied with their broadband services, but over a quarter said actual speeds aren’t what they expected, it said. Overall dissatisfaction is higher among rural users, who often receive even lower speeds than those in urban areas, it said. Speeds also drop in the evening, with lowest speeds registered between 5 and 6 p.m. Sundays, Ofcom said. The survey also found poorer performance patterns in the evening related to upload speeds, latency, packet loss, ISP domain name service servers and jitter, the regulator said. The preliminary research is part of a larger effort to learn more about current broadband performance across the country in order to inform policymaking, Ofcom said. A more detailed report is due in the spring, it said.
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 the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of honey from China for the period of December 1, 2006 through November 30, 2007.
Broadband speeds don’t live up to ISP claims, the U.K. Office of Communications said Thursday. Data sampled over 30 days in October and November show that average download speed for DSL broadband services across Britain was 3.6 Mbps, 49% of the average advertised speed of 7.2 Mbps, and only 45 percent of speeds touting “up to” 8 Mbps, Ofcom said. Average maximum line speed for 8 Mbps packages was only 4.5 Mbps, and one-fifth of consumers on 8 Mbps packages received average speeds of less than 2 Mbps, it said. Users are generally satisfied with their broadband services, but over a quarter said actual speeds aren’t what they expected, it said. Overall dissatisfaction is higher among rural users, who often receive even lower speeds than those in urban areas, it said. Speeds also drop in the evening, with lowest speeds registered between 5 and 6 p.m. Sundays, Ofcom said. The survey also found poorer performance patterns in the evening related to upload speeds, latency, packet loss, ISP domain name service servers and jitter, the regulator said. The preliminary research is part of a larger effort to learn more about current broadband performance across the country in order to inform policymaking, Ofcom said. A more detailed report is due in the spring, it said.
Note that CPSC has since posted a substantially similar proposed rule which states its effect would be to exempt certain natural materials/metals from CPSIA lead content testing. The proposed rule does not explicitly state whether certification would also be relieved. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/13/09 news, 09011305, for BP summary.)
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks (KASR) from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews: