A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 4, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The Commerce Department issued a Federal Register notice on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigation on phosphor copper from South Korea (A-580-885) (here). The agency will determine whether imports of merchandise subject to this investigation are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation is Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2015.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 1 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the March 31 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is beginning an antidumping duty investigation on imports of phosphor copper from South Korea, it said in a fact sheet released March 30 (here). A domestic industry coalition requested the investigations on March 3 (see 1603100021). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by April 25. These AD/CV duty investigations will only continue if the ITC finds injury. ITT will provide more details upon publication of Commerce's initiation notice in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued a Federal Register notice on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigation on 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane from China (A-570-044) (here). The agency will determine whether imports of merchandise subject to this investigation are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation is July 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2015.
Public feedback on the Copyright Office's preliminary IT modernization plan is expected to be largely supportive, though several copyright stakeholders told us the issue of funding for the CO's plan will continue to loom large going forward. The CO's preliminary five-year IT plan, released in February, focuses on moving the office away from depending on the Library of Congress' large IT infrastructure base and increasing stakeholders' use of copyright registration (see 1602290071). Several copyright stakeholders said their comments will laud the CO's IT plan but declined to offer an early preview of the comments before filing. Comments on the plan are due Thursday.
Public feedback on the Copyright Office's preliminary IT modernization plan is expected to be largely supportive, though several copyright stakeholders told us the issue of funding for the CO's plan will continue to loom large going forward. The CO's preliminary five-year IT plan, released in February, focuses on moving the office away from depending on the Library of Congress' large IT infrastructure base and increasing stakeholders' use of copyright registration (see 1602290071). Several copyright stakeholders said their comments will laud the CO's IT plan but declined to offer an early preview of the comments before filing. Comments on the plan are due Thursday.
The Commerce Department is extending until June 27 the deadline for its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on truck and bus tires from China (C-570-041) (here). The preliminary determination was originally due April 25. Cash deposits of estimated CV duties can only be collected after the preliminary determination, although cash deposits can be made retroactive 90 days from the preliminary determination if Commerce finds “critical circumstances.”
Consumer intentions to buy TV sets jumped sharply in March from February, according to preliminary data in the Conference Board’s monthly survey. Of 5,000 consumers Nielsen canvassed through March 17 for the Conference Board, 15.7 percent said they plan to buy a TV set in the next six months, up from 13.6 percent in February and 13.5 percent in January, and up from 13.6 percent in March 2015, the Conference Board said. The March figure of 15.7 percent was the highest score for TV-buying intentions since July, when 14.5 percent of consumers canvassed said they planned to buy a TV set in the next six months. The Consumer Confidence Index, which declined in February, improved in March because consumer expectations “regarding the short term turned more favorable as last month’s turmoil in the financial markets appears to have abated,” the Conference Board said in a Tuesday announcement. “On balance, consumers do not foresee the economy gaining any significant momentum in the near-term, nor do they see it worsening.”