The International Trade Administration published notices in the April 30, 2012, 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):
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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 27, 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 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails April 27, 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 is issuing the following notices for April 30, 2012:
The International Trade Administration initiated administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping or countervailing duty orders with March anniversary dates. The ITA has also received a request to revoke in part one antidumping order for two exporters. The ITA intends to issue the final results of these reviews no later than March 31, 2013.
The World Trade Organization reports that, at its meeting on April 24, 2012, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) adopted the panel and Appellate Body reports on U.S. measures affecting the sale of clove cigarettes (DS406).
A general challenge of the International Trade Administration’s alleged failure to require explanations from petitioners for review requests and withdrawals of review requests in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings was dismissed by the Court of International Trade because of lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Court of International Trade’s denial of plaintiff Ford Motor Company, Inc.’s claims of a refund of $2.65M in Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) paid on exports. CAFC agreed with CIT that Ford did not submit the proof of payment of export taxes required by the regulations for either pre- or post-July 1, 1990, refunds of HMT paid on exports. A dissenting judge said CIT improperly entered summary judgment in favor of CBP, and that the case should have gone to trial.
Seven stolen and looted, and illegally imported objects of Italian cultural heritage will soon be on their way back to Italy, according to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The U.S. and Italy negotiated an agreement in 2001 prohibiting the import of certain Italian archaeological material into the U.S. without proper export documents.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from Mexico (A-201-838), which preliminarily finds an estimated cash deposit rate of zero for Golden Dragon1 as manufacturer/exporter. 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 this company.