In the Sept. 4 issue of the CBP Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 37), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of docking stations with speaker systems for MP3 players.
CBP received no comments on proposed ruling revocations in the July 31 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 32), said a CBP spokeswoman. Comments were due Aug. 30 on a notice proposing to modify a ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of marine propulsion systems (see 13080109).
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet and strip from Brazil (A-351-841), China (A-570-924), and the United Arab Emirates (A-520-803), and the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on lightweight thermal paper from Germany (A-428-840) and China (A-570-920 / C-570-921), in their automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in October. 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 electrolytic manganese from China (A-570-919) and Australia (A-602-806); and the AD duty order on steel wire garment hangers from China (A-570-918).
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 published notices in the Aug. 28 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 published notices in the Aug. 20-21 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 Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) proposed changes to ocean transport intermediary (OTI) rules fall outside the agency's regulatory duties, the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) said in comments responding to the proposed rulemaking. Those changes are “not truly relevant to the Commission’s oversight responsibilities” and should not go forward, the association said. The agency released the proposal earlier this year, saying it would lessen regulatory burdens and improve processing (see 13053031).
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed on Aug. 19 the Court of International Trade’s dismissal of an antidumping duty lawsuit on steel nails from China. The lower court had declined to rule on Itochu Building Products’ challenge to the revocation date for four types of nails, citing a failure to fully argue its case before Commerce. Itochu had only argued for an earlier revocation date before the preliminary results of the changed circumstances review, and not in the run-up to the final results, so it didn’t exhaust its administrative remedies, CIT had said (see 12092127). But the appeals court reversed on Aug. 19, because submitting comments after Commerce had already rejected Itochu’s arguments at the preliminary stage would have served no purpose, and actually would have harmed the company.
The Commerce Department will consider creating an exception from antidumping and countervailing duties for a type of rectangular wire, in a changed circumstances review of the AD/CVD orders on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967 / C-570-968). U.S. importer 3M Company requested the review, and two associations of domestic manufacturers sent letters to Commerce saying they don’t oppose the partial revocation. "Substantially all" domestic producers, or 85 percent, must support ending AD/CVD coverage of a product for the agency to partially revoke.