In the March 31, 2009 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 44, No. 14), CBP published a notice modifying two rulings and revoking a treatment as follows:
In the March 31, 2009 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 44, No. 14), CBP published a notice modifying a ruling and revoking a treatment as follows:
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that it has fixed the previously reported problem with the ABI application that is used to file the stand-alone FDA Prior Notice information (the WP application). Application WP is no longer rejecting for a missing ETP code that was actually transmitted. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/25/10 news, 10032540 1, for BP summary announcing the problem.) (CSMS 10-000087, dated 03/31/10, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17868&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby)
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating five-year Sunset Reviews of the antidumping duty orders on hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Brazil and Japan, the countervailing duty order for Brazil, and the AD duty suspension agreement for Russia.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has changed the time of its March 31, 2010 open meeting in which it will vote on the proposed rule on the definition of children's products under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. The meeting will now begin at 4:00 pm instead of 9:00 am. (CPSC notice dated 03/31/10, available at http://www.cpsc.gov/calendarmast.html)
At the March 19, 2010 meeting of the World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body, the U.S. formally announced its intent to implement the rulings and recommendations of the panel in the dispute, "U.S. - Anti-dumping measures on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand (DS383) on U.S. "zeroing."
"Daily Update on Capitol Hill Trade Actions" is a daily International Trade Today compilation of the most relevant legislation, hearings, and actions by Congress involving international trade. The following are brief summaries of recent Capitol Hill actions:
On March 24, 2010, 74 companies and 37 trade association wrote the leadership of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees to express their support for the preservation of the First Sale Rule, which allows U.S. importers to value imported merchandise using the "first sale" in a series of transactions as the basis for determining duties on products that come into the U.S.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand for the period of February 1, 2008 through January 31, 20091.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has published a notice announcing the availability of 2009 full calendar year import statistics relating to the Generalized System of Preferences competitive needs limitations (CNLs) for the 2009 GSP Annual Review.