In the Feb. 27 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 10), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of aluminum powder and a compound made with 25 percent Bitrex, "the bitterest compound known."

The International Trade Administration published notices in the Feb. 28 Federal Register on the following AD/CV 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 International Trade Administration is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China (A-570-914), Korea (A-580-859), and Mexico (A-201-836); antidumping duty orders on polyethylene terephthalate film from India (A-533-824) and Taiwan (A-583-837); and countervailing duty orders on polyethylene terephthalate film from India (C-533-825) and China (C-570-914) in their automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in April. Advance notice is given because automatic sunset reviews have short deadlines. An order will be revoked unless the ITA 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 the ITA or the ITC would result in the revocation of the order.

The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission initiated the five-year Sunset Review of the antidumping duty order on persulfates from China (A-570-847).

CBP issued its Feb. 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 10), which contains notices of the following ruling actions:

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Feb. 26, 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 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 International Trade Administration is preliminarily reversing its decision from a 2007 changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on frozen warmwater shrimp from China (A-570-893) that resulted in Hilltop International being named successor-in-interest to Yelin Enterprise Co. Hong Kong. Hilltop had inherited Yelin’s separate rate because of the ITA’s determination. The ITA is investigating fraud allegations against Hilltop related to a transshipment scheme, and its findings have proven Hilltop’s representations “unreliable for any purposes,” it said.

CBP is proposing to add new notice requirements and appeal procedures for when it suspends or revokes an entry filer code or discontinues the ability to use immediate delivery and remote location filing (RLF) programs, the agency said in a Feb. 26 Federal Register notice. The agency plans to make the changes to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which requires certain due process procedures before an agency can suspend or revoke a license it has given, said the notice. CBP assigns entry filer codes to all licensed brokers and importers filing consumption and Automated Broker Interface (ABI) entries.

Mexico's Diario Oficial of Feb. 19, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows: