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 scheduled the next Customs Broker License Examination for Monday, October 4, 2004.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a preliminary negative countervailing (CV) duty determination on live swine from Canada finding that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to producers or exporters of live swine from Canada.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) is announcing that it has instituted a "Section 129" Consistency Proceeding in order to issue a determination that would render its actions in connection with the antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) investigations on softwood lumber from Canada "not inconsistent" with the findings of a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has initiated four reviews to provide advice to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) concerning four petitions filed on behalf of Fishman & Tobin under the "commercial availability" provision of the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on apparel of certain woven fabrics. Written comments are due by August 27, 2004. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/11/04 news, 04081135, for BP summary of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreement's (CITA's) related notice.) (Four ITC notices, dated 08/11/04, available at http://www.usitc.gov/332s/shortsup/shortsupstat.htm)
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has initiated a review to provide advice to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) concerning a petition filed under the "commercial availability" provisions of the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on apparel of certain woven cotton napped sheeting fabrics. However, the ITC is not seeking comments because the subject fabrics are similar to those that are the subject of two ongoing reviews. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/19/04 news, 04081925, for BP summary of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreement's (CITA's) related notice.) (ITC notice, dated 08/18/04, available at http://www.usitc.gov/332s/shortsup/332_458_015nl.pdf)
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 general exclusion order in its section 337 investigation of certain plastic grocery and retail bags (Inv. 337-TA-492). The ITC has also announced that this investigation is terminated.
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 September 2, 2004 regarding a "commercial availability" petition it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Picacho, S.A.: