The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative and new shipper reviews:
New Games: In its 3rd week, SCEA’s God of War II for PS2 was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended April 1. The only new game in the top 10 was Medal of Honor: Vanguard for PS2 from Electronic Arts at #6… Majesco Entertainment shipped Cake Mania for Nintendo DS at $19.99.
The EPA is ready to revise its specification for TVs, it said Mon. The trigger is the availability of an International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) draft standard for measuring power use by TVs and other audio and video equipment.
The EPA is ready to revise its specification for TVs, it said Mon. The trigger is the availability of an International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) draft standard for measuring power use by TVs and other audio and video equipment. Calling the IEC document a “milestone,” EPA Program Mgr. Katharine Kaplan said it puts EPA’s effort into “higher gear.” EPA’s revisions will address TVs’ “on” mode power use; the current 1 w standard covers only standby mode. The agency expects to have the final TV specification by the end of Nov. It will take effect in Sept. 2008.
The Commerce Department has issued a press release announcing its preliminary decision to apply U.S. anti-subsidy (i.e., countervailing (CV)) law to imports from China, the first time CV duties will be imposed on imports from a non-market economy. According to the press release, Commerce preliminarily determined that Chinese producers and exporters of coated free sheet paper received countervailable subsidies ranging from 10.90% to 20.35%. The press release notes that Commerce also made preliminary CV determinations for Indonesia and Korea. See future issues of ITT for additional details.(Commerce press release, dated 03/30/07, available at http://www.commerce.gov/opa/press/Secretary_Gutierrez/2007_Releases/March/30_Gutierrez_China_Anti-subsidy_law_application_rls.html.)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its countervailing (CV) duty changed circumstances review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Korea.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has preliminarily determined that certain imports of molded or carved articles of wax (wax forms) from China are circumventing the AD duty order on petroleum wax candles from China.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative and new shipper reviews:
New Games: Sony’s PS2 game sequel God of War II -- in its 2nd week -- was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended March 25. New to the top 10 were the PS2 and Xbox 360 versions of Ubisoft’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at #5 and #6… Nintendo’s Mario and Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog characters will appear in a game for the first time: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, shipping for Wii and DS this holiday season.