In the August 3, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 32), CBP published one notice that proposes to revoke a “treatment” that involves the use of “average price” to value cut flowers imported under consignment that were eligible for duty-free treatment under the ATPA.
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating five-year Sunset Reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
In the July 27, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 31), CBP published three notices that propose to revoke or modify five rulings regarding the tariff classification of certain salad spinners, steel furniture lifters, and fishing wader tops for boots.
Pursuant to a final and conclusive court decision, the International Trade Administration is amending its revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on hard red spring wheat from Canada (A-122-847 and C-122-848) and will issue AD/CV liquidation and cash deposit refund instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for all unliquidated pre-January 2, 2006 entries.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the 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 Commission has voted to revoke the antidumping duty order on stainless steel plate from Italy. The ITC determined that revoking the order would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the 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 revoking the antidumping duty orders on ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan and the United Kingdom (A-588-804, A-412-801), pursuant to a court order that sustained a “no injury” determination and ordered revocation of the orders prior to completing additional reviews.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published its spring 2011 semi-annual regulatory agenda.
On July 8, 2011, the House passed H.R. 2219, the fiscal year 2012 appropriations bill for the Department of Defense (DoD). H.R. 2219 would appropriate funding for the DoD and contains several trade-related provisions. Highlights of the trade-related provisions in H.R. 2219 include: