The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued amended final affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations for certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, Ecuador, India, and Thailand. The amendments modify the scope of the investigation to exclude canned warmwater shrimp, as well as correct a number of ministerial errors, resulting in amended AD rates for certain companies and the "All other" rates.

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 Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by February 9, 2005 regarding a "commercial availability" petition it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Outlast Technology, Inc. of Boulder, CO and Bernette Textile Co., LLC of New York, NY*:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that on December 27, 2004 it received a petition requesting that an antidumping (AD) duty investigation be initiated on certain orange juice from Brazil.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the January 25, 2005 Federal Register its antidumping (AD) duty order on certain crepe paper products from China. The ITA also states that the International Trade Commission (ITC) has made a final negative critical circumstances determination (thereby reversing the ITA's preliminary affirmative critical circumstances determination).

The House Select Committee on Homeland Security has issued a press release announcing that on January 4, 2005, the House of Representatives approved the creation of a permanent standing Committee on Homeland Security. This move follows the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that both the House and Senate should create a single, principal point of oversight and review for homeland security. (House press release, dated 01/04/05, available at http://hsc.house.gov/release.cfm?id=296,)

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.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its web site a revised version of its 2005 Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) notice for certain worsted wool fabrics under new tariff numbers HTS 9902.51.15 and 9902.51.16.

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.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice on its Web site announcing that the next Customs Broker License Examination will be held on Monday, April 4, 2005.