The International Trade Administration (ITA) has amended its final affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations for magnesium metal from China and Russia. The amendments correct ministerial errors in the final margin calculations for certain companies and for Russia's "all others" rate.
Customs Duty
A Customs Duty is a tariff or tax which a country imposes on goods when they are transported across international borders. Customs Duties are used to protect countries' economies, residents, jobs, and environments, by limiting the flow of imported merchandise, especially restricted and prohibited goods, into the country. The Customs Duty Rate is a percentage determined by the value of the article purchased in the foreign country and not based on quality, size, or weight.
1 For purposes of this review the ITA treated Dofasco Inc., Sorevco Inc. and Do Sol Galva Ltd. as a single entity.
CIT rules CBP's decision not to delay ruling's effective date is appropriate. In Weslo, Inc. v. U.S., the Court of International Trade (CIT) found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) acted appropriately in its refusal to delay the effective date of HQ 089891, which classified certain electronic speedometer/tachometers imported to be incorporated into stationary exercise equipment under HTS 9506.91.00 (4.64% duty rate). Prior to this ruling, the merchandise had been classified, variously, under TSUS 711.98 (duty free), under HTS 9506.91.00, and under HTS 9029.20.40 (duty free), the last of which CBP indicated was a misclassification.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the following documents to its Web site:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that a third staged entry period for overshipments of 2004 textile and apparel quotas will open1 on April 1, 2005 at 12:00 p.m. EST or its equivalent in other time zones.
AD: Brazil Small Diameter Circular Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has amended the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review on small diameter circular seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe from Brazil for the period of August 1, 2002 through July 31, 2003 in order to correct a ministerial error in its final margin calculation for VMB.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that, effective April 1, 2005, an electronic certification (eCERT) transmission issued by the Government of Singapore will be required for tariff preference level (TPL) claims under HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter X, U.S. Note 13, pursuant to the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SFTA).
The U.S. Census Bureau (Census) has issued a proposed rule to amend the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations (FTSR, 15 CFR Part 30)1 in order to require mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System (AES) or AESDirect for all shipments where a Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) is currently required, etc.
The Justice Department, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has filed a request with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit asking that the court overturn the decision issued by the U.S. District Court in Montana that granted a preliminary injunction to delay the implementation of USDA's minimal-risk regions final rule, which would, among other things, re-establish trade with Canada for beef products and live cattle under 30 months of age. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/04/05 news, 05030410, for BP summary of the Montana court's injunction.) (USDA Release No. 0096.05, dated 03/17/05, available at http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2005/03/0096.xml)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the Spring 2005 issue of its "ACE Modernization Monitor" newsletter, highlights of which are noted below (see future issue for additional highlights):