The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued various notices, each initiating automatic five-year sunset reviews on the above antidumping (AD) duty orders and countervailing (CV) duty order.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a proposed rule that would amend 19 CFR 351.303(g) regarding the certification of factual information submitted to the ITA by a person/company (company certification) or their legal counsel/other representative (representative certification) during antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty proceedings.
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 issued a press release detailing the emergency interim measures being implemented at all land border ports in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and in El Paso, TX as a result of the detection and confirmation of adult Mediterranean Fruit Fly (ceratitis capiata, Medfly) in the municipality of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
CBP has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the Customs Electronic Bulletin Board (CEBB) is being systematically migrated into CBP's Web site (www.cbp.gov), and that the CEBB URL will become invalid in the near future.
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 posted to its Web site a notice announcing the 2004/2005 aggregate cap for apparel made from African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) fabric and/or AGOA/U.S. yarn (HTS 9819.11.09 and 9819.11.12) and the "third country" sublimit for apparel made from any fabric or yarn (HTS 9819.11.12). (See today's ITT, 04092410, for BP summary of CITA's notice announcing this aggregate cap and sublimit.) (QBT-04-539, dated 09/22/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/2004_539.ctt/2004_539.doc)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that effective September 26, 2004, it is terminating its countervailing (CV) suspension agreement and issuing a CV duty order on hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel from Brazil.
The Washington File has reported that the U.S. intends to rejoin the International Coffee Organization (ICO) after an 11-year break. According to the Washington File, the U.S. decision to rejoin the ICO was motivated by ICO reforms establishing a more market- and development-based approach, as well as by the difficulties plaguing many coffee producers as a result of plummeting prices. (Washington File Pub 09/15/04, available at http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=September&x=20040915175646SAikceinawz8.323133e-03&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html)