CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that in order to perform some previously unplanned maintenance on November 20, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration's OASIS system was scheduled to be down at 4:00 am until 6:00 am. As a result, FDA was to be operating under the Prior Notice Scenario 2 contingency. (CSMS 08-000310, dated 11/19/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17336&page=&srch_argv=08-000310&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)

The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determination that citric acid and certain citrate salts from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.

The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and Court of International Trade (CIT) cases on international trade issues were dated, decided, or posted during the period of November 4 - November 13, 2008:

CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that due to unexpected network problems, FDA's OASIS system went down at approximately 9:00 a.m. on November 17, 2008. CBP stated that OASIS was not anticipated to be up for the following 2-4 hours and as a result, FDA was operating under the Prior Notice Scenario 2 Contingency.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a notice and request for comments on China's request for World Trade Organization consultations with the U.S. regarding certain U.S. final antidumping and countervailing duty determinations and orders involving four products imported from China.

CBP has issued a CSMS message informing all parties of interest that the country code and country name of East Timor (TP) has been changed to Timor-Leste (TL). CBP asks the trade to note the change, as ABI will no longer accept East Timor (TP) in any ABI transmission effective October 30, 2008. Changes have already been made to Appendix B of the CATAIR. (CSMS 08-000301, dated 11/12/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17327&page=&srch_argv=08-000301&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)

The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.

The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.

CBP has posted a memorandum announcing that the first opening of the recently increased global refined sugar tariff rate quota that is being reallocated from Mexico oversubscribed at opening. The pro rata percentage is 82.24822% or 0.8224822.