The Court of International Trade denied a motion by two Korean producer/exporters to amend a preliminary injunction against liquidation of entries of merchandise subject to the revoked antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from Korea in order to permit liquidation of subject merchandise entered on or after the effective date of revocation of the order. In the same opinion, the CIT also allowed the domestic plaintiffs (Diamond Sawblades Manufacturing Coalition) to amend their complaint in the case, as the ITA’s final section 129 determination for diamond sawblades from Korea altered the effect of the results of the AD final determination at issue in the litigation.
In the March 21, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 13), CBP published notice that it is withdrawing its proposal to revoke two rulings concerning the tariff classification of Sunx Fiber Sensors and photoelectric sensors due to the receipt of two adverse comments.
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a direct final rule to revoke certain testing requirements for six chemical substances and all the testing requirements for four chemical substances due to information received since publication of the first test rule for certain high production volume chemical substances (HPV1). HPV1 had established testing requirements for these 10 chemical substances.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its March 21, 2012 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 13), which contains two notices of ruling actions, as follows:
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 March 20, 2012, 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.
In the March 14, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No.12), CBP published two notices of its revocation of 10 rulings and treatment regarding the tariff classification of a porcelain travel coffee cup and hulled pumpkin seeds.
In the March 14, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 12), CBP published a notice on its withdrawal of a proposed ruling revocation on the phrase "cut but not set" in HTS Chapter 71 for tumbled semi-precious gemstones, and treatment CBP previously accorded to substantially identical transactions.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking comments by April 6, 2012 on the country/tariff number pairs that could lose their Generalized System of Preferences duty-free treatment in the 2011 Annual Review if they exceed certain statutory thresholds or one or both Competitive Needs Limits (CNLs). Comments are also sought on the possible re-designation of articles currently ineligible for GSP. While 2011 full calendar data is available for all GSP-eligible tariff numbers, USTR has issued four lists that indicate the GSP changes for 156 tariff numbers that may take effect on July 1, 2012.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its March 14, 2012 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 12), which contains three notices of ruling actions, as follows:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is asking for comments by April 6, 2012 on the competitive needs limits (CNLs) for the 2011 GSP Annual review and the potential revocation of GSP benefits for certain country/tariff number pairs, the possibility of de minimis waivers for other pairs slated to lose GSP, and the possible redesignation for pairs currently ineligible for GSP. The President's decisions regarding these potential actions are expected to take effect on July 1, 2012.