The International Trade Administration issued notice of its final rescission of the antidumping new shipper review of wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890) for Marvin Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. As a result, Marvin Furniture's temporary AD duty bonding option at the China-wide entity rate of 216.01% is being discontinued and instead must again be made as a cash deposit, effective April 10, 2012. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expected to implement this change for this company soon.
Brian Feito
Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
The Court of International Trade announced that, effective May 1, 2012, it has approved certain increases in fees for services provided by the CIT. Specifically, CIT increased fees for, among other things, original admission of an attorney to practice (now $76), records retrieval (now $53), filing/indexing in cases where a case filing fee has not been paid (now $46), etc. CIT said the changes flow from an increase in the district court miscellaneous fee schedule promulgated under Title 28 U.S.C. § 1914.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks from China (A-570-941) which sets an AD cash deposit rate for three exporters and rescinds the AD administrative review with respect to one exporter1. The rates, which are effective April 11, 2012, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The Food and Drug Administration updated its Progress Report on Implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) for January -- March 2012. The report highlights, among other things: (1) the FDA’s announcement of types of foods that will be part of the pilot projects on product tracing; (2) a FAQ and fact sheet describing how FDA identifies a high-risk facility; and (3) the FDA’s release of its interim final rule and guidance on its access to records.
Robert Groves, director of the Census Bureau, is resigning in August to become the provost of Georgetown University. Groves led the Census Bureau for almost three years.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service reports that the Regional Committee on Europe is requesting comments by July 20, 2012, on the proposed regional standard for the fresh fungus chanterelle. Details follow:
The International Trade Commission is seeking comments by May 10, 2012, for a newly initiated investigation on trade facilitation in the East African Community (EAC). The investigation, Trade Facilitation in the East African Community: Recent Developments and Potential Benefits, was requested by the U.S. Trade Representative. In requesting the study, the USTR noted that the U.S. and the EAC recently began preliminary discussions on a potential new trade and investment partnership, and said one of the initial steps under this initiative that could have the most impact would be engagement with the EAC on customs clearance and other practices at the border. As requested, ITC will provide a summary of recent developments relating to trade facilitation in the EAC. The ITC report will include a description of the potential benefits of trade facilitation to the EAC countries. The ITC expects to submit its report to the USTR by July 2, 2012.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails April 11, 2012, announcing changes to some Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Foreign Agriculture Service released the following Production, Markets and Trade Reports on April 10, 2012:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of April 10, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.