Brian Feito

On May 1, 2012, the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:

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 1, 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 Administration published a notice on May 1 initiating a sunset review that inadvertently listed the order under review as the antidumping order on activated carbon from China and the effective date as March 1. The correct order under review is instead the AD order on polyester staple fiber from China (A-570-905), as is stated in the ITA's April 2 advance notification of sunset reviews. Officials at the ITA said the ITA will issue a correction as soon as possible, and that it's still determining what effect the late publication of the corrected notice will have on deadlines. ITT will provide notice of the deadlines as soon as information is made available by the ITA.

The Bureau of Industry and Security said it will hold a partially open meeting of its Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee on May 22, 2012, in Washington, D.C. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable to materials processing equipment and related technology. During the open session, the committee will hear presentations of papers and comments by the public, discussions on results from the last, and proposals for the next Wassenaar Meeting, and a report on proposed a recently issued changes to the Export Administration Regulations. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov by May 10, 2012.

Mexico's Diario Oficial of May 2, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails May 1, 2012, announcing changes to some Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.

The Foreign Trade Zones Board released a list of FTZ grantees which have not submitted their mandatory 2011 annual report on zone operations, which was due on March 31, 2012. The FTZB said any grantee that has not yet submitted its 2011 report should do so as soon as possible to minimize the risk of fines or other adverse action, and that it cannot process any requests from those grantees until their 2011 reports are submitted. The FTZB’s list of grantees which have not submitted the 2011 report is as follows:

Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 30, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:

The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by about May 9, 2012, on a patent complaint filed on behalf of Boart Longyear Company and Longyear TM, Inc. which alleges violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the U.S., the sale for importation, and the sale within the U.S. after importation of certain drill bits and products containing the same (D/N 2893). ITC is asking for comments on any public interest issues that might affect ITC consideration, including whether the issuance of an exclusion order and/or cease and desist order would impact the public interest.

Argentina’s non-automatic licenses and other measures on a range of imports continued to cause concern among some delegations, many complaining that their countries’ exports to Argentina have suffered, at a meeting of the World Trade Organization’s Import Licensing Committee on April 27, 2012.