The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 5, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
The Court of International Trade remanded to the International Trade Administration the final results of the 2004 changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on extruded rubber thread from Malaysia (A-557-805), which determined to revoke the AD order due to the bankruptcy of the sole U.S. manufacturer of the domestic like product. While the ITA revoked the order effective October 1, 2003, plaintiff Heveafil SDN. BHD. argues for an effective date of October 1, 1995.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 2 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the 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 order on polyester staple fiber from China (A-570-905) in their automatic five-year sunset reviews of the order, which is scheduled to be initiated in May 2012.
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission each issued notices initiating five-year Sunset Reviews of the antidumping duty orders on folding gift boxes from China (A-570-866) (second review) and on seamless pipe and pressure pipe from Germany (A-428-820) (third review).
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the March 30 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Court of International Trade denied a motion by two Korean producer/exporters to amend a preliminary injunction against liquidation of entries of merchandise subject to the revoked antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from Korea in order to permit liquidation of subject merchandise entered on or after the effective date of revocation of the order. In the same opinion, the CIT also allowed the domestic plaintiffs (Diamond Sawblades Manufacturing Coalition) to amend their complaint in the case, as the ITA’s final section 129 determination for diamond sawblades from Korea altered the effect of the results of the AD final determination at issue in the litigation.
In the March 21, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 13), CBP published notice that it is withdrawing its proposal to revoke two rulings concerning the tariff classification of Sunx Fiber Sensors and photoelectric sensors due to the receipt of two adverse comments.
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a direct final rule to revoke certain testing requirements for six chemical substances and all the testing requirements for four chemical substances due to information received since publication of the first test rule for certain high production volume chemical substances (HPV1). HPV1 had established testing requirements for these 10 chemical substances.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its March 21, 2012 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 13), which contains two notices of ruling actions, as follows: