The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty investigation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) from Taiwan.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations that certain circular welded carbon-quality line pipe from Korea and Mexico is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
German competitive telecom carriers criticized their telecom regulator RegTP for walking away from the ex ante price control imposed on Deutsche Telecom’s (DT) voice telephony service. In a briefing paper to the U.S. govt., the German Competitive Carriers Assn. (VATM) said RegTP was “mainly responsible” for the regulatory uncertainty in Germany because it “failed to advise industry timely on the price review and control standards that it applies to its rulings, after the new [Telecom] Act entered into force.” VATM expressed concern that RegTP used a “singular [administrative court in Cologne] decision in preliminary injunction proceeding to shift its general policy on price control -- outside of any formal rulemaking.” Without conducting public consultations or hearings, RegTP had indicated it would no longer review DT’s price ex ante, but only after the fact. “Price control by a regulator after the incumbent’s offer hits the market usually comes too late -- the damage is already done,” said Axel Spies, a Washington attorney representing VATM.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of fresh garlic from China for the period of November 1, 2002 through October 31, 2003.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review of fresh garlic from China, concluding that Heze Ever-Best International Trade Co., Ltd. (Heze Ever-Best), is the successor-in-interest to Shandong Heze International Trade and Developing Company (Shandong Heze) and, as such, entries of its merchandise are entitled to Shandong Heze's AD cash-deposit rate.
According to an International Trade Commission (ITC) press release, the ITC on September 29, 2004 issued final negative antidumping (AD) injury and threat of injury determinations for light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico and Turkey.
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.
In its first full week available, Paramount’s comedy Mean Girls was the #1-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Sept. 26 showed. Rentrak said the movie earned $8.04 million on DVD in the week, for $8.11 million to date. Last week’s #1 DVD -- Fox’s Man on Fire -- dropped to #2, earning an additional $7.83 million on DVD, for $17.84 million to date.
Gamers Factory CFO Rodney Hillman slammed comments made about his company by rival Intec Wed. Intec had said it filed a lawsuit against Gamers Factory in U.S. Dist. Court, Baltimore, this past summer for patent infringement of its 5.4” PS2 mobile screen (CED Sept 30 p8). Intec also said that, in response to a preliminary injunction motion, Gamers Factory had said it will no longer make, use, sell or import the accused device. But Hillman called Intec’s decision to comment publicly at this point “irresponsible at best.” Hillman said he was “unable to comment too specifically on the case due to ongoing litigation.” But he claimed that his company had “made substantial investments in proprietary components and unique game screen designs that have rapidly catapulted the company to national prominence in this category.” He said his company “categorically denied any and all infringement claims by Intec, and has filed a counterclaim seeking a declaration of invalidity of the patent at issue.” He complained that Intec also “failed to state… that they abandoned their motion for injunction, and further failed to state that Gamers Factory had made the determination to liquidate the older LCD display in favor of a newer design before Gamers Factory was aware of either the patent or Intec’s infringement claims.” Intec didn’t comment by our deadline.
After 6 weeks atop the U.S. videogame rental chart, the PS2 version of Madden NFL 2005 from Electronic Arts (EA) fell to #3. Taking possession of the #1 spot, in its first week, was LucasArts Entertainment’s Star Wars: Battlefront for PS2, Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Sept. 26 showed. Rentrak said the Star Wars game earned $418,169 in rentals on PS2 and an additional $304,586 on Xbox. The Xbox version was the week’s #4-rented title. Also eclipsing Madden sales was another new release -- EA’s Def Jam Fight for N.Y. on PS2 at #2 ($345,579) -- as the publisher again dominated the top 10. Madden earned an additional $327,530 its 7th week available, for $3 million to date. Four other EA SKUs made the top 10 in the week: Burnout 3 on PS2 at #5 (down 3 in its 3rd week, $274,784 and $738,444 to date), NCAA Football 2005 on PS2 at #7 (down 3, 11th week, $208,313 and $3.16 million), the Xbox version of Def Jam at #8 ($196,154) and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 on PS2 at #10 in its first week ($163,650). Rounding out the top 10 were Microsoft’s Fable for Xbox at #6 (up 4 in its 2nd week, $262,387 and $412,110 to date) and Activision’s Spider-Man 2 on PS2 at #9 (down 6, 13th week, $185,768 and $6.28 million).