The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release announcing that in 2005 it will follow the procedures used in 2004 to gather information from industry and public sources for its advice to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in connection with "commercial availability" requests under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA), and the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA).
On February 9, 2005, President Bush issued Proclamation 7870 in order to modify the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rules of origin, specifically the tariff classification rules1 (TCRs) in General Note 12(t) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), for certain originating goods from Canada or Mexico.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty investigation of certain orange juice from Brazil.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a notice requesting comments by March 25, 2005 on whether there are changed circumstances brought about by the recent tsunami sufficient to warrant the institution of investigations to review the ITC's affirmative injury determinations in its antidumping (AD) investigations on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India and Thailand.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release on its final negative antidumping (AD) injury determination stating that the U.S. industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of outboard engines from Japan, which the International Trade Administration (ITA) has determined are sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The Washington File has reported that U.S. researchers are developing materials that could make consumers less susceptible to product tampering or failures. According to the Washington File, the technology could be applied in tamper-resistant food and medicine packaging as well as early internal failure indicators in machinery and anti-counterfeiting elements. (Washington File Pub 02/02/05, available at http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=February&x=20050202140627lcnirellep0.8408014&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued various notices, each initiating automatic five-year sunset reviews on the above-listed antidumping (AD) duty orders and countervailing (CV) duty order.
(a) subject merchandise produced and exported by ZG continues to have a de minimis AD margin of 0.07%; as a result, liquidation continues to not be suspended, no AD cash deposit is required, and ZG as producer and exporter is excluded from the order.