The ITA states that if it does not receive, by the December 31, 2004 deadline, a request for the review of entries covered by an AD or CV duty order or suspended investigation listed above for the identified review period, it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess AD or CV duties on those entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of (or bond for) estimated AD or CV duties required on those entries at the time of entry, and to continue to collect the AD or CV cash deposit previously ordered.
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) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued various notices, each initiating automatic five-year sunset reviews on the above antidumping (AD) duty orders.
On November 23, 2004, the Canadian government published a notice in the Canada Gazette seeking comments by December 20, 2004 on possible retaliation against the U.S. in response to the U.S.' failure to repeal the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA, commonly referred to as the Byrd Amendment). An associated press release and backgrounder was also issued.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Order and Sus pension Agreement Administrative Reviews Initiated
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated administrative reviews of the following antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders and suspension agreement for certain specified companies listed in its notice:
ShippersNewsWire reports that, among other things, the second draft of revised C-TPAT security standards for importers moves away from characterizing the measures as 'minimum standards' and instead says importers should apply various prescriptions based on an 'assessment of their risk.' The articles adds that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has circulated the draft among customs compliance managers at 16 major corporations, and is asking for comments by December 3, 2004. (ShippersNewsWire@americanshipper.com, dated 11/23/04)
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 that the second specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) (i.e. tranche) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on November 16, 2004, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP the pro rata percentage is .1895 (18.95%) (See notice for reporting instructions.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 11/18/04 news, 04111860 2, 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-04-556, dated 11/18/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/QBT2004/2004_556.ctt/2004_556.doc)
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.
In a recent speech before the Propeller Club of Washington, D.C., Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Steven Blust commented on a number of maritime issues, including the recent Supreme Court decision, Norfolk Southern v. Kirby, which reaffirmed the statutory distinction between forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs).