The International Trade Administration is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping duty order on solid agricultural grade ammonium nitrate from Ukraine (A-823-810) in their automatic five year sunset review of this order, which is scheduled to be initiated in June 2012.
The World Trade Organization reports that, at its meeting on April 24, 2012, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) adopted the panel and Appellate Body reports on U.S. measures affecting the sale of clove cigarettes (DS406).
The International Trade Administration published notices in the April 30, 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):
Some Customs broker licenses were inadvertently revoked on November 18, 2011, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection in a notice a the Federal Register notice May 1, 2012.
The U.S. said it was deeply troubled by what it described as lack of due process in China’s antidumping actions, and in particular the imposition last December of AD measures on imports of some $3 billion worth of U.S. automobiles, at a meeting of the World Trade Organization’s Meeting on Anti-Dumping Practices on April 23. The U.S. also said it was concerned on Mexican AD rate calculations, while Japan questioned 4 U.S. AD measures on Japanese products.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director of Import Operations Domenic Veneziano went into detail in describing the plans for the voluntary qualified importer program (VQIP) while speaking at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America April 25, 2012. The plans are still in development, said Veneziano. The VQIP was required as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 20, 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 issued a notice revoking the antidumping duty order on certain orange juice from Brazil (A-351-840) effective as of March 9, 2011. Accordingly, the ITA will notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection to discontinue suspension of liquidation and collection of cash deposits on entries of the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse on or after March 9, 2011. Entries of subject merchandise prior to March 9, 2011 will continue to be subject to suspension of liquidation and AD duty deposit requirements, and the ITA will complete any pending administrative reviews of this AD order.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 19, 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 Environmental Protection Agency denied a petition for the EPA to revoke all pesticide tolerances for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) under section 408(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), it said in a Federal Register notice to be published April 18. The petition was filed November 6, 2008, by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The NRDC had claimed that EPA's conclusion in the 2005 Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for 2,4-D, which allowed 2,4-D to be reregistered and its tolerances retained, was based on a deficient risk. But the EPA said many of NRDC's claims fail to state a sufficient ground for revocation and instead merely critique the manner in which the risk assessment underlying the 2,4-D RED was done. Those claims that do allege relevant statutory grounds for revocation the EPA said it finds to be without merit.