The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 27, 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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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.
Sysco Seattle Inc. is recalling about 16,800 pounds of ground beef patties imported from Canada because they may have been contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. The Imported products were produced by New Food Classics of Burlington, Ontario and were imported by Sysco Seattle Inc., for distribution to restaurants in Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Washington.
The International Trade Commission voted to institute an investigation of certain computer and computer peripheral devices and components thereof and products containing same (337-TA-841). The products at issue in this investigation are laptop and desktop computers and computer peripheral devices such as media card readers and printers.
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.
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.
The Food and Drug Administration announced that Café-Tasse S.A. is voluntarily recalling its 1.58 oz. Café-Tasse Noir (Dark) Belgian chocolate bar with best before date of “15 SEPT 2013” because it may contain undeclared traces of milk. No illnesses have been reported to date.
The International Trade Commission voted to institute an investigation of certain cameras and mobile devices, related software and firmware, and components thereof and products containing the same (337-TA-842). The products at issue in this investigation are certain cameras and mobile devices with software and firmware that can be used to combine portions of individual captured images to give a sense of depth to the images.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails April 26, 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 Food Safety and Inspection Service recently revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries: