On October 12, 2004, the National Candle Association (NCA) filed two separate requests with the International Trade Administration (ITA) for determinations that certain candles produced in China containing palm and/or vegetable-based waxes and exported to the U.S. illegally circumvent the antidumping (AD) duty order on petroleum wax candles from China (A-570-504) on the basis of (1) later-developed merchandise; or (2) minor alterations.
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 Administration (ITA) has issued a preliminary negative antidumping (AD) duty determination on bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Taiwan as the preliminary dumping rates for Far Eastern Textile Ltd. (Far Eastern) and "all others" firms are both 0.09%, which is de minimis.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by November 10, 2004 regarding two "commercial availability" petitions1 it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Jaclyn, Inc. of New York, NY:
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has recently posted to its Web site an updated list of current antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders.
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.
On October 21, 2004, the International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a news release on its preliminary negative antidumping (AD) injury determination stating that there is no reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of polyvinyl alcohol from Taiwan.
Effective October 21, 2004, the International Trade Administration (ITA) is revoking the antidumping (AD) duty order on anhydrous sodium metasilicate from France as no domestic party responded to the five-year sunset review notice of initiation by the applicable deadline.
Effective September 1, 2004, the International Trade Administration (ITA) is revoking the antidumping (AD) duty order (also referred to as a "finding") on melamine in crystal form from Japan as no domestic party responded to the five-year sunset review notice of initiation by the applicable deadline.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by November 4, 2004 regarding a "commercial availability" petition it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Bernette Textile Co., LLC of New York, NY: