Federal Maritime Commissioner Carl Bentzel is leaving the FMC to become president of the National Association of Waterfront Employers and executive director of the National Maritime Safety Association, he said in a Dec. 13 statement. “I am looking forward to this exciting opportunity to continue to work within the maritime industry and to contribute to the growth of the terminal operating industry,” he said.
Baylink Shipping, a New York-based non-vessel operating common carrier, has voluntarily dismissed it complaint accusing ocean carrier ZIM Integrated Shipping Services of unfairly charging more than $136,000 in fees for a cargo container that spent more than 20 months in detention, according to a notice the Federal Maritime Commission posted online Dec. 12. Baylink, which filed the complaint in November (see 2411260049), didn't state a reason for the dismissal.
The head of the American Apparel and Footwear Association is urging the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) to continue negotiating with the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) to reach a labor agreement before the current one expires Jan. 15.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 13 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on certain women’s flats with colored outsoles thereof (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1428), after receiving allegations filed by Gavrieli Brands that 13 companies are importing women’s flats that violate its design patents and trade dress, the agency said in a Dec. 12 news release.
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on certain injection molding machines, and products containing the same (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1425) after receiving allegations filed by Husky Injection Molding Systems that Ningbo AO Sheng Mold Co. is importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a Dec. 12 news release.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 13 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has rescinded the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Ukraine (A-823-816) for the period of review March 1, 2023 through Feb. 29, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the review period for six companies under review. The six companies are: ArcelorMittal Steel Kryvyi Rih; Public Joint Stock Company Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works; PrJSC Electrometallurgical Works Dneprospetsstal; PJSC Dneprovsky Iron & Steel Integrated Works; Metinvest Holding LLC; and Variant Agro Build Ltd. The cash deposit rates will not change, and the current cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice. Because the review has been rescinded, the entries to which this administrative review pertained will be assessed AD at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, Commerce said.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from South Korea (A-580-809). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from these producers and exporters that was entered November 2022 through October 2023.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on aluminum foil from Brazil (A-351-856). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the companies under review entered Nov. 1, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023.