The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil (A-351-832 / C-351-833), Indonesia (A-560-910), Mexico (A-201-830), Moldova (A-841-805), Trinidad and Tobago (A-274-804), and Ukraine (A-823-812); the AD/CV duty orders on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China (A-570-910 / C-570-911); and the AD duty order on silicomanganese from Russia (A-821-817), in their automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in June. Advance notice is given because automatic 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.
CBP should reconsider and withdraw its proposal to establish procedures to suspend or revoke an assigned entry filer code, said the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America in comments to the agency. The comments came in response to CBP's notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would allow for due process when CBP seeks to suspend or revoke an entry filer codes and stop immediate delivery and remote location filing privileges (see 13022521). A number of companies and individual brokers also filed on the issue, voicing concern with the proposal.
In the April 24 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 18), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of "Johnny Collar" pullovers and polyester monofilament yarn.
CBP issued its April 24 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 18), which contains notices of the following ruling actions:
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 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.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 15, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The CBP April 10 Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 16) proposes to revoke its treatment of whether hydrating and pitting prunes counts as a manufacture for drawback purposes. CBP previously considered that process to be a manufacture, but recently said otherwise in a response to an internal advice request from Sunsweet Growers. Sunsweet Growers imports prunes, which, upon importation, are steamed or cooked to be hydrated and then pitted and placed under a laser scanner that detects pit fragments, it said. The prunes maintain the same nutritional content following the hydration and pitting, the company said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 11, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association (NCBFAA) has some serious qualms with a recent CBP proposal that would establish a process for canceling a broker's filer code (see 13022521). CBP, which seems to want the ability to immediately shut down a business, may not understand the severity of what the revocation of a filing code would mean, said Alan Klestadt, a lawyer with Grunfeld Desiderio and customs counsel for the association. Klestadt spoke at the NCBFAA conference April 10. NCBFAA will file comments in opposition and push CBP to withdrawal the proposal, he said. "I believe if this proposal goes forward, almost in any shape or form, even with provisions, the first time they use that authority, we're going to be in court." Even if the regulations go forward as is, "we're going to have to look at our remedies before they flex that muscle, said Klestadt. Outside of a conviction in court, "I can't really see a scenario where CBP can summarily pull a filer code."