The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began a five-year sunset review of the antidumping duty order on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801).
The Treasury Department published its spring 2014 regulatory agenda for CBP, which lists no new rulemakings in the works. The agenda lists Treasury's CBP rulemakings that are pending at the proposed, interim final, final, and completed stages, as well as rulemakings that are long-term actions. The agenda lists the regulation title; past regulation(s), if any; the timeframe for the next regulatory action(s), if any; a brief description of the regulation; and a contact party name and telephone number. The Department of Homeland Security has also issued its spring 2014 regulatory agenda for CBP (see 14052911).
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on frontseating service valves from China (A-570-933). Commerce recently revoked this AD duty order (see 14051316), so the agency will in the final results only set final assessments of AD duties on service valves for entries in 2012-13, and will not set cash deposit rates for future entries.
The Federal Maritime Commission said it rescinded an order of ocean transportation intermediary license revocation .
The Commerce Department published notices in the May 14 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):
In the May 7 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 18), CBP published a notice that proposes to modify and revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of wooden storage benches.
In the May 7 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 18), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of body stickers with glitter and/or plastic gemstones and plastic adhesive gems and self-adhesive plastic jewels and body stickers with multiple plastic gemstones.
The Energy Department is amending its regulations on waivers from energy efficiency test procedure requirements for manufacturers and importers of consumer products and commercial and industry equipment. DOE’s final rule expands the rules’ provisions on applicability and manufacturer and importer liability, and restores filing requirements that were mistakenly left out in a previous regulatory change. It also requires manufacturers and importers to apply for a waiver with 60 days after a waiver on a similar product, and sets new procedures for requesting rescissions and modifications of waivers. The final rule takes effect June 9. Highlights of the final rule are as follows:
In the May 7 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 18), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of a flashing jewel sticker and plastic adhesive gems.
In the April issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 17), CBP published notices that propose to modify or revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of textile shoe covers and electrical probe cards.