The International Trade Administration has initiated antidumping duty investigations to determine whether imports of certain circular welded carbon quality steel line pipe from China and Korea are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, and a countervailing duty investigation to determine whether manufacturers, producers, or exporters of subject merchandise in China receive countervailable subsidies.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of April 28, 2008. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly TRQ/TPL commodity report, dated 04/28/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/.)
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 has made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that raw flexible magnets from China and Taiwan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Truck Manifest CSMS message announcing that the Automated Commercial Environment is currently experiencing a nationwide problem with Truck Manifest 355 Messages and CUSRES for Truck Manifest.
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.
According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection administrative message, effective March 29, 2008, the International Trade Administration discontinued the suspension of liquidation for countervailing duty purposes for light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China.
According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection administrative message, effective April 1, 2008, the International Trade Administration discontinued the suspension of liquidation for countervailing duty purposes for laminated woven sacks from China.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative determination that critical circumstances exist with respect to the China-wide entity in its antidumping investigation of certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires (OTR tires) from China.
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.