The International Trade Administration is initiating and issuing the preliminary results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances (CC) review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from Korea (A-580-807).
On May 5, 2011, U.S. Trade Representative Kirk spoke in recognition of World Intellectual Property Day, and discussed how USTR is working to protect and promote U.S. intellectual property through its trade policy. He said USTR is using all the tools at its disposal to insist U.S. trading partners play by the rules of trade and protect intellectual property against infringement.
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued notices that either reissue or revoke1 ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) licenses. FMC announces the following reissuances and revocations:
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a notice announcing the orders revoking the following ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) licenses are being rescinded:
The International Trade Administration is revoking the countervailing duty order on stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium (C-423-809), pursuant to its final results of sunset review.
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating five-year Sunset Reviews of the antidumping duty orders on artist canvas from China (A-570-899) and on gray portland cement and clinker from Japan (A-588-815).
The International Trade Administration is issuing amended antidumping duty orders on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, India, China, Thailand, and Vietnam in order to include dusted shrimp1 within the scope of the orders (A-351-838, A-533-840, A-570-893, A-549-822, and A-552-802).
An overview of a number 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. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)
The International Trade Administration is initiating an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of certain steel nails from China (A-570-909) and preliminarily intends to revoke, in part, the AD duty order as it relates to imports of four specific types of steel nails.
Through four successive remand determinations on the second sunset review of antidumping duty orders on ball bearings from France, Germany, Italy and Japan, the International Trade Commission maintained that imports of ball bearings would injure domestic injury in the absence of the AD order. But after the Court of International Trade directed the ITC to “point to particular data in the record and rationally connect it to the underlying determinations,” the agency reversed its position, concluding that imports “are not likely to have a significant impact on the industry upon revocation” of the order. The CIT upheld this revised determination and declined to adjudicate other issues, noting that the government plans to appeal the new ruling upholding revocation. (See ITT’s Online Archives or 01/03/11 news, 11010316, for BP summary of the court’s preceding remand instructions to the ITC.) (Slip Op. 11-43, dated 04/20/11)