The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that it is revoking the countervailing (CV) duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from the United Kingdom (ITA case C-412-815, CBP case C-412-209).
The Journal of Commerce Online reports that the Secretary of Homeland Security has said that federal security officials will have "zero tolerance" for port terminal operators who violate cargo search requests. The article notes that new port security funding legislation gives DHS the authority to go after terminal operators who intentionally or mistakenly allow suspicious cargo to leave the docks. (JoC Online, dated 10/03/06, www.joc.com.)
American Shipper's Shippers' NewsWire reports that a trade association has condemned a deal worked out last week between the Bush administration and two senators who have held up legislation to grant Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status to Vietnam. In exchange for the senators' removal of their hold, the Bush administration will work to ensure that the U.S. textile industry is not harmed when Vietnam joins the WTO, by for example, considering self-initiating an antidumping (AD) case for garments. (The U.S. must remove its quotas on Vietnamese textiles and apparel when Vietnam joins the WTO if PNTR has been granted to Vietnam, among other things). (AS, dated 10/02/06, www.americanshipper.com )
CBP has recently posted the following to its Web site:
The U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) has reported that Senators Schumer and Graham have asked the Senate leadership to schedule a vote on their bill that would impose a 27.5% punitive duty on imports of Chinese-made goods (S. 295) before the Senate's recess at the end of September 2006. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/08/05 news, 05070805, for previous BP summary of S. 295.) (USA-ITA memo, dated 09/20/06, www.usaita.com.)
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued an order which revokes the ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) licenses of three entities as a result of their failure to replace their OTI surety bonds with a valid bond issued by a surety company currently certified by the Treasury Department.
In the September 13, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 38), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke a ruling and treatment as follows:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that it is revoking the antidumping (AD) duty orders on antifriction bearings and parts thereof (spherical plain) from France (ITA case A-427-801, CBP case A-427-205) and antifriction bearings and parts thereof (ball bearings) from Singapore (ITA case A-559-801 and CBP case A-559-201).
In the September 6, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin(CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 37), CBP has published a notice which proposes to modify a ruling and revoke treatment as follows:
CBP has issued administrative messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.