U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the fourth specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) (i.e. tranche) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on June 7, 2005, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP the pro rata percentage is .224776 (22.4776%). (See notice for reporting instructions.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/05 news, 05060225, for BP summary of the opening of this quota. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/22/04 news, 04102220, for BP summary of CBP's notice announcing instructions for the 2004/2005 global TRQs for specialty sugar.) (QBT-05-513, dated 06/10/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_514.ctt/05_514.doc)
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release stating that on June 7, 2005, a majority of Commissioners voted to revoke the existing antidumping (AD) duty order on certain stainless steel plate from Canada (ITA case number A-122-830).
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release announcing that a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has sided with the U.S. in an agricultural dispute involving Mexican antidumping (AD) duties on U.S. long grain white rice. In its report, the WTO panel agreed with the U.S. that Mexican AD duties on rice and various provisions of its AD and countervailing (CV) duty laws are contrary to WTO rules. (USTR Press Release dated 06/07/05, available at http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2005/June/United_States_Wins_WTO_Challenge_Against_Mexican_Rice_Duties.html)
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) 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.
CBP has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of June 6, 2005. This report includes tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 06/06/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/ )
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the preliminary results of its second antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews for certain softwood lumber products from Canada.
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.
According to four U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) administrative messages, on May 3, 2005, the International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the International Trade Administration (ITA) of its final negative injury determinations in the antidumping (AD) duty investigations of bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from India, Indonesia, and Thailand and its final negative injury determination in the countervailing (CV) duty investigation of bottle-grade PET resin from India.
The ITA incorrectly listed the AD case number for Furfuryl Alcohol from China as "A-570-856," which is the AD case number for Indigo from China. The correct AD case number is in the above table.