The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the Federal Register its final antidumping (AD) duty determinations that light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico and Turkey are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
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.
The ITA states that if it does not receive, by the September 30, 2004 deadline, a request for review of entries covered by an AD or CV duty order listed above for the identified 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.
In the August 25, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 35), CBP issued notices: (a) revoking a classification ruling on a miniature gardening tool set, (b) revoking a classification ruling on certain gas barbecue grills, and (c) revoking treatment regarding Durapore filtering material on rolls. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a preliminary negative countervailing (CV) duty determination on bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Thailand. The ITA states that it has preliminarily determined that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to producers and exporters of bottle-grade PET resin from Thailand.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the countervailing (CV) duty administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from India for the period of October 22, 2001 through December 31, 2002.
In the August 25, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 35), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to revoke two classification rulings on certain massaging slippers, and (b) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on orthodontic cervical neck pads. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
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 Administration (ITA) has issued an appendix to a notice of final results of administrative review1, which states that it has determined that U.S. antidumping (AD) law (19 USC 1677a(c)(2)(A)) does not intend countervailing (CV) duties to be deducted from U.S. prices 2 when calculating AD margins (rates).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances reviews of the AD duty orders on industrial nitrocellulose (INC) from Brazil, China, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. As a result, the ITA is revoking the AD duty orders effective July 1, 2003 for Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom and effective August 1, 2003 for France.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site its "critical list" of textiles and apparel subject to import quotas with entered quantities 85% or more filled as of August 23, 2004. CBP states that this "critical list" may be used by CBP as a reference for releasing quota merchandise "off line" when the Automated Commercial System (ACS) is down for longer than four hours. CBP notes that textile and apparel merchandise for Electronic Visa Information System (ELVIS) countries cannot be released "off line" until it is processed through quota. CBP further notes that if the system is down for more than 24 hours, Headquarters Quota Branch should be contacted for further instructions. CBP also states that merchandise subject to tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), which are filled, may be released if entered under the "over quota" (high) rate of duty. (CBP's critical list, dated 08/23/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/textile_critical_list/)