The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission each issued notices initiating five-year Sunset Reviews of the antidumping duty orders on folding gift boxes from China (A-570-866) (second review) and on seamless pipe and pressure pipe from Germany (A-428-820) (third review).
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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 is publishing notices in the April 2 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 Administration made a preliminary negative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to producers and exporters of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman (C-523-802). The ITA preliminarily found de minimis CV rates for the single mandatory respondent and, consequently, "All-Others". As such, ITA will not direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of entries of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the Oman, and, for the time being, there will be no CV cash deposit or bond requirements.
The International Trade Administration is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping duty order on polyester staple fiber from China (A-570-905) in their automatic five-year sunset reviews of the order, which is scheduled to be initiated in May 2012.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 2, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Administration has initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from China (A-570-851) at the request of Shandong Yinfeng Rare Fungus Co., Ltd. The ITA will determine if this company is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the China-wide entity rate it currently receives.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances review of low enriched uranium from France (A-427-818). The ITA , making no changes to the preliminary results of the changed circumstances review, determines that it is appropriate to issue, for one entry only, an amendment to the scope of the order to extend by 18 months the deadline otherwise applicable to Eurodif S.A. and AREVA NP Inc. for the reexportation of one entry of low enriched uranium to no later than November 1, 2013.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a report entitled “The Chinese Communist Party and Its Emerging Next-Generation Leaders”. The report is divided into four sections, as follows: (i) The Role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in China’s Political System; (ii) Leadership Succession in the CCP; (iii) Rising Figures in the “Fifth Generation” of the CCP; and (iv) Rising Figures in the “Sixth Generation” of the CCP. Two subsequent reports, to be released in June and August, will detail China’s emerging leaders in the People’s Liberation Army and in state-controlled industry.
The International Trade Administration said it has formalized a new export promotion partnership with the National District Export Council (NDEC). Through the new partnership, the ITA and NDEC will jointly support the efforts of 59 local District Export Councils (DECs) to promote U.S. exports. DECs are groups of international business professionals that are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. A 16-member DEC National Steering Committee represents more than 1,300 local DEC members, and serves as a liaison to ITA. The NDEC is a private, non-profit corporation that was independently established by members of the DEC National Steering Committee.
The Court of International Trade sustained the International Trade Administration’s final antidumping duty determination in certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses from Indonesia (A-570-958) with respect to the Indonesian company Pindo Deli’s arguments that (i) the ITA improperly expanded the scope of the investigation to include multi-ply paper, and (ii) the ITA’s final determination is contrary to law because it rests on inadequate industry support.