The decisions of the Court of International Trade (CIT) for December 16-31, 2009 involved antidumping or countervailing duty law are summarized as follows:
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of folding metal tables and chairs from China for the period of June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary negative countervailing duty determination that no countervailable subsidies are being provided to the production or exportation of certain magnesia carbon bricks from China.
According to multiple press reports, the next Acting Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar. Aguilar has over 30 years of border security experience and was appointed as Chief of the Border Patrol for CBP in 2004.
The International Trade Administration has issued a preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its upcoming preliminary affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from China.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued frequently asked questions on the use of CBP Form 7501 (entry summary).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a document to its Web site that provides side-by-side comparisons of the following 16 Free Trade Agreements and Preferential Trade Programs:
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet, and strip from Korea for the period of October 2, 2007 through May 31, 2008.
The Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission have voted to deny a precedent-setting request for an exclusion from the lead content limits1 for children's products set by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA).