The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a final affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers/exporters of carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP-23) from India.
The ITA states that the China-wide rate applies to all entries of the subject merchandise except for entries from the four exporters individually listed above.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made available on its Web site a November 1, 2004 version of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Application. According to CBP, this application consists of four documents: ACE Account Portal Power of Attorney, Terms and Conditions for Account Access of ACE Portal, Additional Account/Account Owner Information, and ACE Secure Data Portal Request to Participate.
The Washington Post reports that Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman have submitted their resignations to President Bush. According to the articles, President Bush is expected to nominate Condoleeza Rice, his national security adviser, to replace Colin Powell as Secretary of State.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (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.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a proposed rule that would amend certain provisions of 19 CFR Parts 206 and 207 with respect to its Rules of Practice and Procedure.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective December 2, 2004, which adds a new 19 CFR 10.91 to the Customs regulations in order to establish regulatory procedures and requirements pursuant to the Product Development and Testing Act of 2000 (PDTA), regarding the duty-free entry of articles, commonly referred to as prototypes (for any industry), that are to be used exclusively in product development, testing, evaluation or quality control.
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 ITA states that if it does not receive, by the November 30, 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.