The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that it is revoking the antidumping (AD) and/or countervailing (CV) duty orders on carbon steel plate from Taiwan, and cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
The State Department has issued a final rule which amends the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to implement new U.S. policy regarding Libya and reflect existing U.S. policy regarding Venezuela.
In the February 7, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 41, No. 7), CBP published a notice modifying a ruling and revoking a treatment as follows:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice reopening the comment period until February 26, 2007 on its proposed rule to amend its regulations governing foreign and domestic drug establishment registration and listing for human drugs, including drugs that are regulated under a biologics license application, and animal drugs.
On February 1, 2007, the Senate amended and passed H.R. 2, a bill which would increase the minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour over a period of two years. H.R. 2 would also apply federal minimum wage requirements to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by increasing the minimum wage in the Commonwealth to $3.55 per hour, with $0.50 per hour increases (or less) every six months until it reaches the Federal minimum wage. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/12/07 news, 07011299, 3 for BP summary of House-passed version of H.R. 2.) (Senate amended H.R. 2 available at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h2eas.txt.pdf..)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have each issued a notice initiating five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders.
In the January 24, 2007 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 41, No. 5), CBP published a notice proposing to modify one classification ruling as follows:
The State Department has issued a notice stating that on January 10, 2007, it certified Madagascar and re-certified Nigeria as meeting the requirements of Section 609 of Public Law 101-162 for continued importation of shrimp into the U.S. (Nigeria's certification was previously withdrawn in 2004. See ITT's Online Archives or 02/12/04 news, 04021299 2 for previous summary on Nigeria.) (State Department media note, dated 01/10/07, available at www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/78564.htm)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing the product and country practice petitions that are accepted for further review in the 2006 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Annual Review, and setting forth the schedule for comments and public hearing on these petitions.