U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message reminding all ABI filers, ABI software vendors and service bureaus that CBP will provide filers with an additional capability to request a reroute of a periodic statement payment authorization using the application QO effective February 16, 2005, as announced in Adm: 04-2426.
According to a U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) Textile Development Memo, on January 31, 2005, the CIT denied the government's motion for a stay (halt) of the preliminary injunction (which is preventing CITA from taking further action on threat-based China safeguard petitions), pending consideration by the CAFC of the government's appeal of the injunction. USA-ITA states that the government is expected to file its appeal of the preliminary injunction at the CAFC this week. (USA-ITA TDM, dated 01/31/05, www.usa-ita.com )
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice entitled "Current Bond Formulas" containing the five formulas now used1 to calculate bond amounts for Activity Code 1 (Importer/Broker) continuous bonds.
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.
According to a U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) Textile Development Memo, on January 27, 2005, the government filed with the CIT a motion for a stay (halt) of its preliminary injunction (which is preventing CITA from taking further action on threat-based China safeguard petitions), pending consideration by the CAFC of the government's appeal of the injunction. (USA-ITA TDM, dated 01/28/05, www.usa-ita.com )
Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for PS2 was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data. Rentrak said the title, in its 13th week, earned an additional $452,418 for a total of $11.1 million to date. Need for Speed Underground 2 for PS2 from Electronic Arts (EA), in its 10th week, was again #2, earning an additional $237,615, for $3.52 million. EA had 2 other SKUs in the top 10: The Xbox version of Need at #5 (down one, $142,537 in the week, $2.18 million to date) and NFL Street 2 for PS2 at #7 again in its 5th week ($121,289 and $525,330). The only other Xbox game in the top 10 was Microsoft’s Halo 2 at #4 (down one in its 11th week, $164,275 and $4.54 million). Activision had 2 games in the top 10, both for PS2: Call of Duty: Finest Hour at #6 (down one in its 10th week, $135,634 and $1.93 million) and Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 at #9 in its 16th week ($98,624 and $3.21 million). Rounding out the top 10 were one PS2 title each from LucasArts Entertainment, THQ and Atari: Respectively, Mercenaries at #3 (up 3 in its 2nd week, $207,438 and $348,108), WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw at #8 (up 2 in its 12th week, $106,557 and $2.15 million) and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 at #10 in its 9th week ($98,464 and $1.56 million).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Mexico for the period of July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the expedited countervailing (CV) duty review for hard red spring wheat from Canada for the period of August 1, 2001 through July 31, 2002.
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment’s thriller The Forgotten was the #1-rented DVD in the U.S. for the week ended Jan. 23, according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data. Rentrak said the title earned $7.39 million. Touchstone Disney’s thriller The Village - - last week’s #1 DVD -- dropped to #5, earning an additional $5.96 million, for $14.76 million to date. Also new in the top 10 were Universal Home Video’s Friday Night Lights at #2 ($7.30 million), New Line Home Entertainment’s Cellular at #4 ($6.12 million) and Warner Home Video’s Catwoman at #6 ($5.80 million).
According to a U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) Textile Development Memo, on January 25, 2005, the government sent to the Court of International Trade (CIT) a notice stating its intention to file an appeal with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) challenging the CIT"s preliminary injunction enjoining the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) from taking further action on threat-based China safeguard petitions. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/04/05 news, 05010405, for BP summary on the CIT injunction.)(USA-ITA TDM, dated 01/26/05, www.usaita.com.)