The Court of International Trade affirmed the International Trade Administration’s remand redetermination in the 2008-09 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from China (A-552-801). The remand redetermination, which domestic plaintiffs Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Association (AHSTA) continued to dispute, was pursuant to a 2011 CIT order to further explain or reconsider its decision to rely exclusively on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Form 7501 data for entries designated as “Type 03”1 when selecting mandatory respondents in the review.
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 initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from China (A-552-801) at the request of: Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd.; Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited; Fatfish Company Limited; and Hoang Long Seafood Processing Co., Ltd. The ITA will determine whether each company is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the Vietnam-wide entity rate they currently receive ($2.11 per kilogram).
The Court of International Trade dismissed claims by domestic plaintiffs Tampa Bay Fisheries, Inc. and Singleton Fisheries, Inc. arising from the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s denial of monetary benefits under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA, or the “Byrd Amendment”). Tampa Bay and Singleton were not included on the ITC’s list of Affected Domestic Producers (ADPs) because of a failure to check the relevant boxes on an ITC questionnaire, and were therefore ineligible to receive Byrd Amendment distributions of antidumping duties collected under AD duty orders on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, Thailand, India, China, Vietnam and Ecuador.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of April 2, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 3, 2012 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 3 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission voted to institute an investigation of certain mobile devices incorporating haptics. The products at issue in this investigation are smartphones with a feature that signals the user when a key or icon has been touched, for example by vibrating or pulsing in response to the touch (337-TA-834).
Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 3, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Administration issued notice of its rescission of the antidumping duty new shipper review of chlorinated isocyanurates from China (A-570-898) for Puyang Cleanway Chemicals Ltd. As a result, any entries of subject merchandise exported by Puyang Cleanway will be subject to the China-wide rate of 285.63%. The ITA will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess AD duties on entries exported by Puyang Cleanway at the appropriate China-wide rate determined in the ongoing 2010-11 administrative review.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain welded carbon steel standard pipe from Turkey (C-489-502) for two companies. The CV rate for both companies under review was found to be de minimis1. These CV rates are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated CV cash deposit rate for these companies.