The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the September 16, 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):
The International Trade Administration is revoking the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet, and strip from Korea (A-580-807). The ITA will notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection to terminate the suspension of liquidation and collection of cash deposits, effective for subject merchandise with a time of entry on or after October 20, 2010. The ITA is expected to instruct CBP to refund with interest any cash deposits or entries on or after that date. According to the ITA, entries of subject merchandise prior to the effective date of the revocation 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 order.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's September 14, 2011 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 38) contains 5 notices of ruling actions:
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the September 15, 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):
The U.S. Trade Representative is seeking comments on whether to extend the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement for two years, through October 15, 2015. The SLA, which entered into force in October 2006, is set to expire in October 2013. Comments are due by October 15, 2011.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the September 13, 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):
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel (SS) bar from India (A-533-810), which revokes the order for Venus as producer and/or exporter, effective February 2010. The results also set the AD duty cash deposit rates for two other producer/exporters.
The International Trade Administration has announced that the NAFTA Binational Panel issued its second remand decision in its review of the final results of the 2004-2005 antidumping administrative review on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Mexico (A-201-822). The panel again remanded the ITA to (i) recalculate ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V.'s dumping margins without zeroing, and (ii) to recalculate the indirect selling expense ratio in a manner inconsistent with the panel's opinion.
In the September 7, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 37), CBP published a notice stating that it is withdrawing its revocation of three rulings concerning the tariff classification of motorized utility vehicles under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. CBP is also withdrawing its intent to revoke any treatment previously accorded by CBP to substantially identical transactions.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission will vote on a notice revoking its April 2010 interpretation of the term “unblockable drain” as used in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act. CPSC states that under its 2010 interpretation, when a drain cover meeting certain specifications was attached to a drain, the covered drain constituted an “unblockable drain" and did not require a secondary anti-entrapment system. The notice would revoke this interpretation so that a drain cover alone could no longer be used to convert a blockable drain into an unblockable drain. Public pools/spas that require modifications as a result of this revocation would have to comply by May 28, 2012.