The ITA's notice of amended final AD duty determination also contains certain changes to the scope of the order. In addition to certain minor editorial changes, the following HTS numbers have been added (as compared to the scope of investigation published in the final AD duty determination): 4804.31.1000; 4804.31.2000; 4804.31.4020; 4804.31.4040; 4804.31.6000; 4805.91.1090; 4805.91.5000; and 4805.91.7000.
Consumer intent to buy TV sets rose slightly in March from Feb., according to preliminary data in a monthly Conference Board survey. Of 5,000 households polled, 7.3% said they planned to buy a TV set in the next 6 months, compared with 7.2% in Feb., 7.2% in Jan. and 6.7% in March 2004. The Consumer Confidence Index, which declined in Feb., lost even more ground in March, the Conference Board said. But consumers’ “overall assessment of current economic conditions remains favorable and their short-term outlook suggests little change in the months ahead.” Though expectations are lower, it said, “consumers anticipate the job market will continue to improve, and easing employment concerns should help keep spending on track.”
1 For purposes of this review the ITA treated Dofasco Inc., Sorevco Inc. and Do Sol Galva Ltd. as a single entity.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has amended its final affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations for magnesium metal from China and Russia. The amendments correct ministerial errors in the final margin calculations for certain companies and for Russia's "all others" rate.
(a) preliminary de minimis AD rate (Echjay Forgings: 0.03% and Viraj Forgings: 0.01%)
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 Justice Department, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has filed a request with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit asking that the court overturn the decision issued by the U.S. District Court in Montana that granted a preliminary injunction to delay the implementation of USDA's minimal-risk regions final rule, which would, among other things, re-establish trade with Canada for beef products and live cattle under 30 months of age. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/04/05 news, 05030410, for BP summary of the Montana court's injunction.) (USDA Release No. 0096.05, dated 03/17/05, available at http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2005/03/0096.xml)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada at the request of Mittal Canada Inc. (Mittal).
In Bauer Nike Hockey USA, Inc. v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled that certain imported hockey pants are classified as ice-hockey equipment under HTS 9506.99.25 rather than as sports clothing under HTS 6211.33.00, reversing an earlier Court of International Trade (CIT) decision which had classified the items under the latter heading.
Connexion by Boeing said Mon. it will roll out a commercial maritime service in the fall, at a monthly charge of $2,800 per vessel. The maritime service is a counterpart to Boeing’s aeronautical Connexion service. Boeing isn’t targeting passenger ships but may later. “If you think of think of tankers, cargo ships, there are probably something on the order of 40,000 vessels of that type, spending something like $1 billion a year on communications and not doing that much communicating at that,” Sean Schwinn, vp-maritime service for Connexion, told us. Schwinn said Boeing has made preliminary choices on equipment vendors for the service but isn’t announcing them yet. The 3 lead vendors for its aeronautical service are Mitsubishi, ViaSat and Rockwell Collins. Connexion must complete several steps before it can launch the service, Schwinn said. “We and others still have to file applications with the FCC and other regulatory authorities to operate the service,” he said: “That’s a job that definitely needs to get done. We're developing some new hardware that we need to complete the development of and bring in to test.”