In its first full week available, Mel Gibson’s controversial The Passion of the Christ was the top- rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Sept. 5 showed. Rentrak said the movie, released by Fox on home video, earned $6.65 million in the week on DVD, for $6.72 million to date. The only other new top 10 DVD was Paramount’s Twisted, in a tie at #2, which earned $4.8 million in the week and $4.88 million to date. Also earning $4.8 million in the week was last week’s #1-rented DVD, Warner’s Taking Lives ($17.36 million to date).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) is amending its preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination on wooden bedroom furniture from China for a second time in order to correct significant ministerial errors for certain Section A respondents, resulting in, among other things, a new Section A rate. This amendment also adds two additional exclusions to the scope.
With the possibility that Hurricane Ivan this weekend could become the 3rd major storm to pelt Fla. in a month, CE retailers have begun assessing damage from Hurricanes Charley and Frances.
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 International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of fresh garlic from China.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the preliminary results of its antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of freshwater crawfish tail meat from China with respect to the following company as both exporter and producer, for the review period of September 1, 2002 through August 31, 2003:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that it is again postponing until no later than September 14, 2004 (from August 25, 2004) the preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determinations on certain tissue paper products and certain crepe paper products from China. The ITA had previously postponed these preliminary AD duty determinations until no later than August 25, 2004 (from July 26, 2004).
The ITA states that until completion of the review, it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting of a bond or security in lieu of an AD cash deposit for entries of the subject merchandise both produced and exported by Atar S.r.L..
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the Federal Register its final antidumping (AD) duty determinations that light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico and Turkey are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
On August 31, 2004, the World Trade Organization (WTO) authorized the European Union (EU), Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, India, Japan, and Korea (complainants) to retaliate against the U.S. for its failure to bring the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (Byrd Amendment) into conformity with WTO rules by December 27, 2003.