The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative and new shipper reviews:
The PS2 version of Need for Speed Carbon from Electronics Arts (EA) moved up one in its 8th week to once again become the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Dec. 24. EA’s Madden NFL 07 for PS2 -- the previous week’s #1 title -- dropped to #2 in its 18th week. Microsoft’s Gears of War for Xbox 360 was again #3, in its 7th week. EA had one other SKU in the top 10: The 360 version of Carbon at #10, up 3. Activision had 2 SKUs in the top 10: The PS2 and 360 versions of Call of Duty 3 at #4 and #8, up 4 and up 2, respectively, in the game’s 7th week. Rounding out the top 10 were Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas for 360 at #5 again in its 5th week, Take-Two Interactive’s Bully for PS2 at #6 (up 3, 10th week), Sierra Entertainment’s Scarface: The World Is Yours for PS2 at #7 (up 4, 12th week) and THQ’s WWE SmackDown Vs. Raw 2007 for PS2 at #9 (down 5, 6th week).
According to a short message posted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to the "What's New" section of its Web site, a number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule Chapter 99 tariff changes contained in the recently enacted trade provisions of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-432) take effect 15 days after the bill's December 20, 2006 date of enactment, which CBP states is January 4, 20071.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the monthly reports containing official October 2006 trade data from the Department of Census for imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Mexico for the period of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain polyester staple fiber from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation is October 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006.
The International Trade Commission has posted to its Web site the electronic version of the 2007 HTS (Preliminary - Effective Jan. 1, 2007).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review for carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished from China for the period of June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005.
Milwaukee sued AT&T, claiming it installed equipment for its U-verse IPTV service without a franchise. The city said it agreed to AT&T requests for zoning variances to build an antenna and install underground cable and related “cabinets” aboveground if the company got a franchise before selling video. AT&T told the city it planned to start selling U- verse on or after Dec. 16 without getting a franchise because IPTV isn’t a cable service, said the suit, filed Wed. in U.S. Dist. Court, Milwaukee. The city had been negotiating an “interim agreement” on U-verse with AT&T but planned to sue if the company sold video without some form of approval, said city attorney Grant Langley. Because of the talks, the city decided not to request a court injunction to keep AT&T from selling IPTV there, Langley told us: “We hope that we can reach an interim agreement with them,” but if not, “it may become necessary at some time for us to seek a preliminary injunction.” As part of selling IPTV in Milwaukee, AT&T is willing to pay a 5% tax on video revenue, “assist” public access channels and take other measures, said a spokesman. The company has agreements from 20 other cities to sell video, he said. - JM