The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating five-year Sunset Reviews of the following antidumping duty orders:
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a final rule, effective June 1, 2011, which removes from the Code of Federal Regulations the Taliban (Afghanistan) Sanctions Regulations, as a result of the termination of the national emergency and revocation of the Executive Order (EO) on which the regulations were based. Sanctions against the Taliban pursuant to another EO and its corresponding Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations remain in place.
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a direct final rule amending the procedures for requests for modification or revocation of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 5 significant new use notification (SNUN) requirements by establishing electronic submission requirements. EPA had issued a final rule in January 2010 introducing electronic reporting requirements for TSCA section 5 submissions and supporting documents but inadvertently left out requirements for electronic submission of requests for modifications or revocations of SNUN requirements.
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a notice announcing the order revoking the following ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) license is being rescinded:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. These messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
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The International Trade Administration is publishing a notice on the following AD/CV proceeding (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in a subsequent ITT article):
The International Trade Commission has issued a press release stating that it has determined to revoke the antidumping duty orders on hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products (hot-rolled steel) from Brazil and Japan, and the countervailing duty order on hot-rolled steel from Brazil (ITA Case Nos. A-351-828, A-588-846, and C-351-829). The ITC determined that revoking the existing AD and CV orders would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
The International Trade Administration is revoking the antidumping duty orders on purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Mexico and Sweden (A-201-834 and A-401-808).
In the May 11, 2011 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 20), CBP published a notice proposing to modify a ruling (HQ H012548), and any other ruling not specifically identified, pertaining to the component definitions of the term "cut but not set" that appears in Chapter 71 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.