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 an updated version of its "ACE on the Road" event schedule, which includes the following event:
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice announcing the opportunity for interested parties to request administrative reviews by December 1, 2008 for the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders and suspension agreements:
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping duty orders.
CBP has posted a memorandum regarding the re-allocation of Mexico's portion of the recently increased fiscal year 2008 tariff rate quota for refined sugar to the global refined sugar TRQ. The re-allocation will be administered on a first-come, first-served basis, in five separate openings, beginning with an allocation of 28,278,000 kg. The first opening was on October 30, 2008. The remaining allocations will consist of 10,000,000 kg each, which CBP will announce in subsequent notices. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/31/08 news, 08103110, for most recent BP summary on the re-allocation.) (QBT-08-536, dated 10/30/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2008/qbt_08_536.ctt/qbt_08_536.pdf)
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 October 20 - October 22, 2008 (certain other dates are also included):
The International Trade Administration has initiated administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders for certain specified companies listed in the initiation notice.
The antidumping and countervailing messages U.S. Customs Border and Protection issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.
A federal court in Pennsylvania granted formal intervenor status to four competitive telecom carriers whose interests stand to be affected by a Verizon challenge to a Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission ruling granting competitors access to high-speed unbundled loops. The U.S. District Court, Philadelphia, in Case 08-CV-3436 ruled that the PUC didn’t really represent the interests of XO Communications, Penn Telecom, One Communications and Broadview Networks. It said the litigation’s outcome will have a direct effect on their ability to access the loops at issue, adding that their interest in loop access is distinct from the PUC’s interests in defending its decision.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews: