The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of laminated woven sacks (LWS) from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the preliminary antidumping duty determination on laminated woven sacks from China by 50 days to January 24, 2008.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRP) from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty new shipper reviews of brake rotors from China for the period of April 1, 2006 through October 31, 2006.
New Games and Accessories: Its first week available, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game Mass Effect was the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Sunday. It was the only new release in the top 10. The 360 version of Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare -- the previous week’s No. 1 title -- slipped to No. 4 in its third week, topped by the 360 and PS2 versions of Need For Speed: ProStreet in their second week… Call of Duty 4 was the best-selling PC game in the U.S. for the week ended Nov. 17, according to NPD data. But EA dominated the top 10, topped by Crysis at No. 2. The only other game in the top 10 not from EA was Sony Online Entertainment’s EverQuest II: Rise of Kunark Expansion Pack at No. 6… Atari’s games Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe are now available on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade service. Three more Atari Classics are “coming soon” this holiday season, it said: Battlezone, Tempest and Warlords. All the Atari Classic games “support all Xbox 360 high definition resolutions up to 1080p” and digital surround sound, it said… Accessory maker ezGear introduced the 10- fret ezJam guitar for Guitar Hero II and III, which it called the “first guitar controller for both small and large hands.” The first model -- the wired ezJam S-10 -- is available for PS3 and Xbox 360 at $79.99 and comes in red, blue and pink. It includes a strum bar, tremolo bar, tilt sensor and guitar strap. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the company plans to add a wireless version to match the wireless guitars offered by Activision for Guitar Hero III.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from Italy for the period of August 1, 2005 through July 31, 2006.
The International Trade Administration has made final affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of glycine from Japan and Korea are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration has self-initiated an antidumping duty changed circumstances review for the AD duty order on certain pasta from Italy, which was revoked with respect to Pasta Lensi S.r.l. (Lensi), effective July 1, 2003.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a notice inviting applications from eligible individuals wishing to be included on the North American Free Trade Agreement Chapter 19 roster of individuals to serve on binational panels convened to review final determinations in antidumping or countervailing duty proceedings and amendments to the AD/CV statutes of a NAFTA party.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site monthly reports containing official September 2007 trade data from the Department of Census for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel: