The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter graphite electrodes from China (A-570-929) for 8 companies and the China-wide entity (unchanged since last review). These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
Brian Feito
Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from China (A-570-851) for 5 exporters and the China-wide entity (unchanged since last review). These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy has announced that the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), on behalf of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee of the Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council, will hold the “2012 Regional, State, and Local (RSL) Initiatives in Nanotechnology Workshop” in Portland, Oregon on May 1 -- 2, 2012.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (over 4 1/2 inches) from Japan (A-588-850) for four mandatory respondents. The ITA preliminarily determines that these four did not have reviewable sales. If the final results also determine that there were no shipments, the AD cash deposit rate will not change for the four respondents.
The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration issued a final rule, effective March 2, 2012, amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to incorporate adjusted thresholds for application of the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and the Free Trade Agreements, as determined by the U.S. Trade Representative.
The Energy Department is extending the time period for submitting comments on its energy conservation standards notice of public meeting and availability of the preliminary technical support document for automatic commercial ice makers. The comment period is extended to April 20, 2012 (from March 9, 2012). Original DOE notice announcing public meeting and request comments (published 01/24/12) here. (FR Pub 03/05/12)
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand (A-549-822) for two manufacturer/exporters, and has also preliminarily determined a margin for 147 companies that were not individually examined. These preliminary results are not in effect. They may be modified in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board has issued a final rule, effective April 30, 20121, to comprehensively revise and update the Foreign Trade Zone regulations in 15 CFR Part 400. Key revisions in the final rule pertain to activities in and procedures for zones in which an imported component is combined with one or more other components to create a different finished product, and expedited access to FTZ benefits for U.S. manufacturers.
On March 1, 2012 the following trade-related bills and resolutions were introduced:
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a Temporary Denial Order against Delfin Group USA LLC, Marcos Baghdasarian, Bagdel Corporation, Naren Sachanandani, and Do-It FZC, temporarily denying their export privileges for 180 days for conspiring to facilitate the export and attempted export of polymers and lubricating oils or other additives, including aviation engine lubricating oils, from the United States to Iran via the UAE.