The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began a five-year sunset review of the antidumping duty order on uranium from Russia (A-821-802).
In the Jan. 18 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 51, No. 3) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment on the application of Jones Act coastwise laws to certain merchandise and vessel equipment that are transported between coastwise points. The Jones Act limits activities by foreign-flagged vessels around the U.S. CBP also posted four related rulings (here) that aren't available on CBP's ruling database.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 17, 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://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP released the Jan. 18 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 51, No. 3), which contains the following ruling actions (here):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to overhaul its regulations on importation and interstate movements of plant pests. The agency’s proposed rule (here) would codify and clarify existing permitting procedures, and create new lists of exempt plant pests and biological control organisms that APHIS determines present no risk to plants and plant products. The proposed rule would also set new packaging requirements for plant pests, biological control agents and soil, and revise APHIS’s regulations on importation of soil, stone and quarry products. Comments on the proposal are due March 20.
CBP revoked its ruling that said a redesign of network switches by Arista Networks kept the merchandise beyond the scope of an International Trade Commission limited exclusion order, Cisco said in a Jan. 14 blog post (here). Arista celebrated the CBP's initial November ruling, saying it meant Arista could import the products at issue unimpeded (see 1611290032). Cisco, which is litigating over patent issues with Arista in multiple venues, sought the ruling revocation in December. While the CBP notice to Cisco's lawyers on the revocation (here) doesn't go into detail, Cisco said it means "Arista has lost the authorization to import or continue selling its products in the U.S., or to import components to build those products."
The Bureau of Industry and Security is denying the export privileges of three people convicted in the last three years of exporting defense articles without necessary State Department licenses or authorizations, the agency said in separate announcements. BIS is denying the export privileges of a Texas man named Dane Delgado until 10 years after his Nov. 4, 2014, conviction by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas for exporting "defense articles designated on the United States Munitions List" (USML) to Mexico without obtaining proper authorization, BIS announced (here). BIS is also denying the export privileges of a New Jersey man named Kamran Malik until five years after his June 29, 2015, conviction by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland for exporting firearm parts and accessories designated as defense articles in USML Category I destined for Pakistan without proper authorization, BIS said (here). Finally, BIS is denying the export privileges of a Pennsylvania man named Robert Luba until 10 years after his April 25, 2016, conviction by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey for illegally exporting to India a technical submarine drawing that was designated as a USML defense article, BIS said (here). The agency also ordered a revocation of all licenses in which the three men had an interest at the time of their convictions.
The Commerce Department intends to exempt light gage cold-rolled flat-rolled steel for porcelain enameling that meets the requirements of ASTM A424 Type 1 from antidumping duties on cold-rolled steel flat products from Japan, it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). The domestic steel products that originally requested AD duties on cold-rolled steel from Japan requested that Commerce create the exemption, saying they have no interest in maintaining AD duties over the product, the agency said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 25 - Jan. 1:
The Commerce Department published notice in the Dec. 30 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):