The International Trade Administration issued a notice revoking the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate (CTL plate) from Italy and Japan (A-475-826, C-475-827 and A-588-847) effective as of December 6, 2010. This action is in response to the International Trade Commission's determination that revocation of the AD duty orders on CTL Plate from Italy and Japan and revocation of the CV duty order on CTL plate from Italy would not be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the U.S. ITA also issued a notice announcing that it is keeping its AD and CV duty orders in place for CTL plate from India, Indonesia and Korea (A-533-817, C-533-818, A-560-805, C-560-806, A-580-836, C-580-837) due to the ITA's determination that revocation would likely lead to the continuation of dumping and a countervailable subsidy and the ITC's determination that revocation would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the U.S.
The International Trade Administration is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on clad steel plate from Japan (A-588-838) and pure magnesium in granular form from China (A-570-864) in their automatic five year sunset reviews of these orders, which are scheduled to be initiated in February 2012.
In the December 28, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 1), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke or modify six rulings and similar treatment regarding CBP's previous classification of the "Trendy Tee" craft kit and certain air fresheners as HTS Chapter 95 "toys". CBP proposes that these articles no longer be classified as toys because their primary purpose is not for amusement.
In the December 28, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 1), CBP published a notice that proposes to revoke a ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of a men's bonded vest.
The International Trade Administration and International Trade Commission are initiating an automatic five-year sunset review to consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Germany (A-428-815) and South Korea (A-580-816) and the countervailing duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea (C-580-818).
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the December 30, 2011 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):
In the December 28, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 1), CBP published a notice that proposes to provide guidance to the trade and revoke a ruling and similar treatment in order to allow transaction value for “related party” sales and post-importation adjustments to be more broadly used.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's December 28, 2011 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 1) contains four notices of ruling actions:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has previously announced that all licensed Customs brokers must file their Triennial Status Report and $100 fee by February 29, 2012.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that the 2012 annual user fee of $138 for each customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by January 20, 2012.