A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of March 20, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. These messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
In the March 14, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No.12), CBP published two notices of its revocation of 10 rulings and treatment regarding the tariff classification of a porcelain travel coffee cup and hulled pumpkin seeds.
In the March 14, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 12), CBP published a notice on its withdrawal of a proposed ruling revocation on the phrase "cut but not set" in HTS Chapter 71 for tumbled semi-precious gemstones, and treatment CBP previously accorded to substantially identical transactions.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking comments by April 6, 2012 on the country/tariff number pairs that could lose their Generalized System of Preferences duty-free treatment in the 2011 Annual Review if they exceed certain statutory thresholds or one or both Competitive Needs Limits (CNLs). Comments are also sought on the possible re-designation of articles currently ineligible for GSP. While 2011 full calendar data is available for all GSP-eligible tariff numbers, USTR has issued four lists that indicate the GSP changes for 156 tariff numbers that may take effect on July 1, 2012.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its March 14, 2012 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 12), which contains three notices of ruling actions, as follows:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is asking for comments by April 6, 2012 on the competitive needs limits (CNLs) for the 2011 GSP Annual review and the potential revocation of GSP benefits for certain country/tariff number pairs, the possibility of de minimis waivers for other pairs slated to lose GSP, and the possible redesignation for pairs currently ineligible for GSP. The President's decisions regarding these potential actions are expected to take effect on July 1, 2012.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the March 14, 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 UN Economic Council for Europe announced that amendments to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention) have gone into force effective January 1, 2012. The amendments1, among other things, (i) explicitly require that issuers of TIR carnets annually notify the TIR Executive Board of the price of each type of TIR Carnet issued, (ii) set the effective date for revocation of authority to issue TIR carnets by Contracting Parties (member countries) at 3 months after the date of revocation, and (iii) make other changes.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the March 12, 2012 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 orders on folding gift boxes from China (A-570-866) and seamless pipe and pressure pipe from Germany (A-428-820) in their automatic five year sunset reviews of these orders, which are scheduled to be initiated in April 2012.