The Agricultural Marketing Service announced five appointments to the 15-member National Pork Board. Newly appointed members representing pork producers include: Craig Mensink, Preston, Minnesota and Carl Link, Fort Recovery, Ohio. Members reappointed to the board include: Brad Greenway, Mitchell, South Dakota; Dale Norton, Bronson, Michigan; and Lisa Colby, Newburyport, Massachusetts.. The five appointees will each serve 3-year terms.
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 is amending its recently published final results for its antidumping duty administrative review of lightweight thermal paper from Germany (A-428-840) in order to correct an error in the AD cash deposit rate for Papierfabrik August Koehler AG. The amended rate, which is effective May 16, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The Agricultural Marketing Service announced the appointment of two members and two alternates to the Cotton Board. The terms of the member positions, one California producer and one importer, expire on December 31, 2014, and the terms of the alternate member positions, both importer positions, expire on December 31, 2013. The appointed producer member from California is Aaron Barcellos, Los Banos, California. Roger Glaspey from Fresno, California, is the appointed importer member. The appointed alternate importer members are Sapna Sapru, Forest Hills, New York; and Kris Arabia, Orlando, Florida.
The Court of International Trade denied a motion by patent-holder PPC to participate as amicus curiae in an action challenging U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s denial of plaintiff Corning Gilbert Inc.’s protests relating to CBP’s exclusion of its coaxial cable connectors pursuant to an International Trade Commission general exclusion order. CIT said participation in actions challenging the denial of protests is generally limited to the importer and the government, and the broad scope of PPC’s requested involvement would be akin to granting a motion to intervene, which is statutorily barred by 28 USC 2631(j)(1)(a).
Mexican Secretary of Economy Bruno Ferrari and European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani signed letters of intent regarding industrial cooperation, raw materials, and small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) at a meeting in Mexico on May 14-15. In the letters, Mexico and the European Union pledged to: (1) create a foundation for industrial cooperation to link the Mexican and EU industrial sectors and act as a mechanism for Mexico and the EU to exchange information and best practices; (2) promote a dialogue between the EU and Mexico on raw materials; and (3) deepen cooperation and explore new areas of mutual interest in the SMEs sector.
A former manager of a Netherlands-based freight-forwarding company was sentenced to six months in prison for conspiring to defraud the U.S. by facilitating the illegal export of goods to Iran, said the Justice Department. Ulrich Davis, 50, a Dutch citizen, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. through the violation of a Bureau of Industry and Security Temporary Denial Order (TDO). According to DoJ, a co-conspirator bought U.S.-origin goods from a New Jersey company, among others, for businesses and governmental agencies of Iran, and Davis and the co-conspirator arranged for their shipment to Iran. The New Jersey company was in the business of reselling chemicals, lubricants, sealants and other products used in the aircraft industry.
The International Trade Administration announced an open teleconference meeting of the Manufacturing Council on May 22 in Washington, DC. The ITA said the Council will likely deliberate recommendations regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations and energy policy. To be considered during the meeting, comments are due by May 16, 2012.
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 May 14, 2012, 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 requesting comments by July 3 on its biennial investigation and report on the economic impact of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) on U.S. industries and consumers, as well as on the effectiveness of the ATPA in promoting drug related crop eradication and crop substitution efforts by beneficiary countries (332-352). The ITC’s report is scheduled to be transmitted to be congress by September 28, 2012.
The National Organic Program will allow the use of two substances, fenbendazole and moxidectin in emergency treatment for organic dairy and breeder livestock. The Agricultural Marketing Service’s final rule, which is effective May 16, 2012, amends the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances1 at 7 CFR 205.603(a)(18) to add use exemptions for the two substances when organic system plan-approved preventative management does not prevent infestation, with the following restrictive annotations2: (1) fenbendazole is only for use by or on the lawful written order of a licensed veterinarian; and (2) moxidectin is for control of internal parasites only.