The Food Safety and Inspection Service said the public meeting for the 35th Session or the Codex Alimentarius Commission will be June 5 in Washington, D.C. The public meeting will discuss U.S. draft positions for the items on the agenda for the Commission, including adoption of proposed standards and amendments to existing standards, the proposed revocation of existing standards, the approval of new work proposals and budgetary matters. The Commission will meet in Rome, Italy, July 2-7, 2012. Individuals may also participate via teleconference by calling 1-888-858-2144; Participant Code: 6208658. Agenda for the meeting with links to documents to be discussed available here.
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 June 4, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the June 4, 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 International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on ball bearings and parts thereof from France (A-427-801), Germany (A-428-801, and Italy (A-475-801) for 32 companies, all of which were preliminarily assigned zero rates. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for this company.
In the May 30 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 23), CBP published a notice revoking a ruling and similar treatment in order to allow transaction value for “related party” sales and post-importation adjustments to be more broadly used.
The International Trade Administration is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking certain antidumping and countervailing duty orders in their automatic five year sunset reviews, which are scheduled to be initiated in July 2012. The ITA and ITC will consider revoking the following AD/CV orders:
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission each issued notices initiating a five-year Sunset Review of the antidumping duty order on solid agricultural grade ammonium nitrate from Ukraine (A-823-810) (second review).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued its May 30 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 23), which contains 2 notices of ruling actions. The ruling actions are as follows:
The International Trade Commission’s decision to revoke the antidumping duty order on magnesium metal from Russia was upheld by the Court of International Trade. Plaintiff US Magnesium LLC challenged the ITC’s negative injury determination in its 2010 sunset review of the AD order with respect to its decision not to conduct its injury determination based on the combined (“cumulated”) imports of magnesium from Russia and China, as well as its determination to revoke the AD order with respect to Russia. CIT said the ITC’s decision not to combine Russian and Chinese imports, as well as its decision to revoke the AD order, were both supported by substantial evidence, including, among other things, the decline of the Russian magnesium industry and the different uses for Russian and Chinese magnesium.
In the May 16, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No.21), CBP published a notice of its modification of rulings and revocation of treatment regarding the tariff classification of certain lighting fixtures.