A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Oct. 12, 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 http://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.)
In the Oct. 10 issue of the CBP Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 42), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke three rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of insulated cooler bags.
The International Trade Administration is set to revoke the antidumping duty order on silicomanganese from Brazil (A-351-824), after the International Trade Commission voted Oct. 11 that revocation wouldn’t lead to injury to U.S. industry. The commissioners voted five to one in favor of revocation. The ITA will publish a notice in the Federal Register revoking the AD order on silicomanganese from Brazil effective Sept. 14, 2011, which is five years from the publication date of the previous continuation notice of the AD order.
CBP issued its Oct. 10 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 42), which contains 4 notices of the following ruling actions:
Mexico's Diario Oficial of Oct. 11, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
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. 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.
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. 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 published notices in the Oct. 2 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 initiated a changed circumstances review to consider whether to revoke the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Honey from Argentina (A-357-812 / C-357-813). The American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey Association, the domestic petitioners in the original AD investigation, requested the review because they have no interest in continuing the imposition of AD/CV duties.
Nucor Corporation appealed a Court of International Trade ruling affirming the International Trade Administration’s final negative determinations in three sunset reviews of antidumping and countervailing duty orders on hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products from Brazil and Japan. The determinations resulted in revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty suspension agreements for Brazil (A-351-828 / C-351-829) and the AD order for Japan (A-588-846). Nucor was plaintiff-intervenor in the case.