The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on ferrovanadium from China (A-570-873) and South Africa (A-791-815), freshwater crawfish tailmeat from China (A-570-848), and uncovered innerspring units from China (A-570-928), South Africa (A-791-928), and Vietnam (A-552-803), in their automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in November. Advance notice is given because sunset reviews have short deadlines. An order will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and the ITC finds that revocation would result in continuation or recurrence of material injury to a U.S. industry. As a result, a negative determination by either Commerce or the ITC would result in the revocation of these orders.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began the five-year Sunset Review of the antidumping duty orders on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film from Brazil (A-351-851), China (A-570-924), and the United Arab Emirates (A-520-803); the AD duty orders on lightweight thermal paper from Germany (A-428-840) and China (A-570-920); and the countervailing duty order on lightweight thermal paper from China (C-570-921).

Two domestic steel companies and a labor union filed requests on Sept. 18 for new antidumping duties on grain oriented electrical steel (GOES) from China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Poland, and Russia. AK Steel Corporation, Allegheny Ludlum, and the United Steelworkers also requested the Commerce Department and International Trade Commission impose countervailing duties on GOES from China. According to the petitioners, underselling by exporters in the seven countries are causing U.S. companies a loss of domestic market share and falling sales and profits.

In the Sept. 4 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 37), CBP published two notices that propose to modify rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of Brussels sprouts with butter sauce and sugar confectionery.

In the Sept. 4 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 28), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of ceramic travel coffee cups and file organizers.

The Federal Maritime Commission said the following have filed applications for a license as a Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (NVO) and/or Ocean Freight Forwarder (OFF)-Ocean Transportation Intermediary (OTI) pursuant to section 19 of the Shipping Act of 1984. The FMC also gave notice of the filing of applications to amend an existing OTI license or the qualifying individual for a license. Interested persons may contact the Office of Transportation Intermediaries, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, D.C. 20573, at 202-523-5843 or at OTI@fmc.gov.

The Commerce Department issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-552-802]). Commerce decided not to grant Nha Trang's and Minh Phu's requests for revocation. The new rates are effective Sept. 12, and will be implemented by CBP soon.

A Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) proposed rulemaking will inhibit job creation, national economic growth and increase regulations, National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) Vice President Geoffrey Powell said in testimony on Sept. 10 (here). The testimony was delivered to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation during a hearing on maritime transportation regulations. Powell said the rulemaking, on regulations for Ocean Transport Intermediary (OTI) licensing and financial responsibility requirements would increase regulatory costs on the segment of the maritime industry referred to as ocean transportation intermediaries.

The U.S. International Trade Commission will do a full five-year review of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Russia (Inv. No. 731-TA-991 (Second Review)), after a vote last week, it said. The "sunset" review is to decide whether revocation of the order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury, it said.

CBP issued its Sept. 4 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 37), which contains nine notices of the following ruling actions: