The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel wire rod from Sweden for the period of September 1, 2005 through August 31, 2006.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that the 2008 in-quota ("low duty") tariff-rate quota quantity for tuna and skipjack (tuna), in airtight containers, not in oil, weighing with their contents not over 7 kilograms each, that is not the product of any U.S. insular possession, as described in HTS 1604.14.22 (6% duty) has been set at 17,667,724 kg.
The International Trade Administration is initiating and issuing the preliminary results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances review of canned pineapple fruit from Thailand, and its intent to revoke the AD duty order.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand for the period of February 1, 2006 through January 31, 2007.
ECall standards and “third party services” are up for preliminary debate and drafting at a March 10 meeting of a European Committee for Standardization (CEN) eSafety group addressing “road transport and telematics,” said ERTICO, a European group of intelligent transport systems and services providers. Any agreed text will be debated at an April 2008 CEN technical committee meeting. Bernard Flury-Herard from the French Ministry of Transport is the group’s leader.
In its first week available, THQ’s Frontlines: Fuel of War for PS3 was the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended March 2. It was the only new game in the top 10. Capcom’s Devil May Cry 4 for Xbox 360 -- the previous week’s No. 1 game -- slipped to No. 3 in its fourth week, behind the 360 version of Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, No. 2 again in its 17th week.
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 final results of the countervailing duty administrative review of certain welded carbon steel standard pipe from Turkey for the period of January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006.
A federal court declared it “unlawful” for Nebraska to force Vonage to pay into a state universal service fund. The U.S. District Court for Nebraska slammed the Nebraska PSC with a preliminary injunction, saying the PSC’s “authority to regulate the nomadic interconnected VoIP service provided by [Vonage] is preempted by the FCC, and Vonage need not comply with the [Nebraska USF order].” The order applies only to Nebraska, but will “send a signal” to other states, said Stifel Nicolaus analyst David Kaut.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the final antidumping duty determination on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico until no later than June 13, 2008.