The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance.
The PS2 version of Madden NFL 07 from Electronic Arts moved up one to become the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Dec. 17. There was no new game in the top 10.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated and issued the preliminary results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of wooden bedroom furniture from China.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release regarding the impact of recently enacted competitive need limitation (CNL) waiver amendments to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program contained in the "Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006."
FCC indecency enforcement seems vague, only partly weighs parental authority in deciding what’s best for kids and gives short shrift to a TV rating system, U.S. Appeals Court, N.Y., judges said during oral arguments in Fox v. FCC. An agency decision to cut CBS slack when The Early Show aired a game-show contestant’s utterance of “shit” on grounds that it was news indicates the news exception may be too broad, 2nd U.S. Appeals Court Judge Rosemary Pooler said. Pooler also focused on judgments of indecency based on “artistic merit.” Judges’ questioning Wed. of FCC lawyer Eric Miller and Fox’s Carter Philips was more pointed than at a preliminary hearing (CD Aug 30 p3).
CBP has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the 2007 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on blue-mold cheese provided for in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 17 will open on Tuesday, January 2, 20071. CBP notes that products described in HTS Chapter 4, AUSN 17 are subject to agriculture licensing. The below listed countries have the following low-duty access amounts:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has conducted an administrative review of the antidumping (AD) suspension agreement on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Ukraine for the period November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2005.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice which requests comments on whether it should apply the countervailing (CV) duty law to imports from China.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of cut-to-length carbon steel plate from China for the period of November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2005.
The U.S. is preparing to implement hundreds of tariff changes in the 2007 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) in order to conform U.S. law to international Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature changes recommended for adoption by the World Customs Organization (WCO), and to certain Harmonized System Committee (HSC) decisions necessary to ensure uniform application of the nomenclature ("WCO changes").