The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of brake rotors from China for the period of April 1, 2003 through September 30, 2003.
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 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.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on extruded rubber thread from Malaysia. As a result, the ITA is revoking this AD duty order effective October 1, 2003.
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 18, 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 08/18/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/textile_critical_list/)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a preliminary negative countervailing (CV) duty determination on live swine from Canada finding that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to producers or exporters of live swine from Canada.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice containing its determination that, effective August 13, 2004, certain 100% cotton yarn-dyed woven flannel fabrics, made from 14 through 41 NM single ring-spun yarns, classified in HTS 5208.43.00, of construction 2 X 1 twill weave, weighing 200 grams per square meter or less, for use in apparel articles excluding gloves, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA).
(a) For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period.
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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Mid-Year Import Trade Trends Report, which covers October 2003 - March 2004.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that the third 2003/2004 specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) provided for in HTS Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 5, which opened on August 10, 2004, oversubscribed at opening moment. According to CBP, the pro rata percentage is 38.58% (.3858).