The U.S. Trade Representative is seeking comments on whether to extend the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement for two years, through October 15, 2015. The SLA, which entered into force in October 2006, is set to expire in October 2013. Comments are due by October 15, 2011.

The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the September 13, 2011 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 has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel (SS) bar from India (A-533-810), which revokes the order for Venus as producer and/or exporter, effective February 2010. The results also set the AD duty cash deposit rates for two other producer/exporters.

The International Trade Administration has announced that the NAFTA Binational Panel issued its second remand decision in its review of the final results of the 2004-2005 antidumping administrative review on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Mexico (A-201-822). The panel again remanded the ITA to (i) recalculate ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V.'s dumping margins without zeroing, and (ii) to recalculate the indirect selling expense ratio in a manner inconsistent with the panel's opinion.

In the September 7, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 37), CBP published a notice stating that it is withdrawing its revocation of three rulings concerning the tariff classification of motorized utility vehicles under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. CBP is also withdrawing its intent to revoke any treatment previously accorded by CBP to substantially identical transactions.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission will vote on a notice revoking its April 2010 interpretation of the term “unblockable drain” as used in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act. CPSC states that under its 2010 interpretation, when a drain cover meeting certain specifications was attached to a drain, the covered drain constituted an “unblockable drain" and did not require a secondary anti-entrapment system. The notice would revoke this interpretation so that a drain cover alone could no longer be used to convert a blockable drain into an unblockable drain. Public pools/spas that require modifications as a result of this revocation would have to comply by May 28, 2012.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's September 7, 2011 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 37) contains one notice of the following ruling action:

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site as of September 6, 2011, 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.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site as of September 2, 2011, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. These messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the September 6, 2011 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):