The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative reviews:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of July 16, 2007. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (Chile FTA) TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly TRQ/TPL commodity report, dated 07/16/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
AD: Romania Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate and Trinidad and Tobago Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the countervailing duty administrative review of pure magnesium and alloy magnesium from Canada for the period of January 1, 2005 through August 15, 2005.
In the July 5, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 41, No. 28), CBP published a notice revoking a ruling and treatment as follows:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has posted to its Web site both a brief and a detailed summary of the trade promotion agreement (another term for free trade agreement) with Colombia. The U.S.-Colombia TPA was signed in November 2006 and revised on June 28, 2007 to reflect the bipartisan consensus on trade reached in May 2007. (U.S.-Colombia TPA summaries, posted 07/06/07, available at http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Colombia_FTA/Fact_Sheets/Section_Index.html)
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice which establishes an earlier effective date than that established in the original notice of revocation of the antidumping duty order for certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from the Netherlands.
The Journal of Commerce reports that while growing in use, environmentally friendly packaging such as minimal, shrink-wrapped or recycled packaging may cause certain warehousing difficulties including increased damage and insurance claims, slow handling, problems withstanding humidity, etc. (JoC, dated 06/18/07, www.joc.com)
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued a notice initiating an automatic five-year Sunset Review on the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from China.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective June 19, 2007, which amends the Export Administration Regulations at 15 CFR Parts 742, 743, 744, 748, 750 and 758 to revise and clarify U.S. licensing requirements and licensing policy on exports and reexports to China, among other things.