The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to certain producers and exporters of lightweight themal paper (LWTP) from China.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued an interim final rule, effective October 1, 2008, which revises the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add certain "de minimis" exclusions for foreign produced hardware that is bundled1 with U.S.-origin software. Comments are due by December 1, 2008.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping and countervailing administrative reviews:
Licensed Motor Carriers (LMCs) must submit their Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program concession applications by Wednesday, September 24, 2008 to be approved as trucking concessionaires by the October 1, 2008 start date of the Port's Clean Truck Program. The Port will continue receiving and processing applications on an ongoing basis, but based on the overwhelming response by the trucking community, the Port cannot ensure that applications received after September 24 will be processed by October 1. (Port of Los Angeles news release, dated 09/19/08, available at http://www.portoflosangeles.org/newsroom/2008_releases/news_091908ctpapp.pdf.)
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative reviews for ball bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom for the period May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued interim procedures, effective September 30, 2008, for the implementation of the "3 for 1" Earned Import Allowance Program for certain Haiti apparel. Written comments are due by November 14, 2008.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel bar from India for the period of February 1, 2006 through January 31, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam for the period of February 1, 2006 through January 31, 2007.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a final rule, effective October 9, 2008, amending its regulations to reference the most recent version of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 133, which contains standards for determining the reasonable variations allowed for the declared net weight on labels of immediate containers of meat and poultry products; the procedures to be used to determine the net weight and net weight compliance of meat and poultry products; and related definitions. FSIS is also consolidating the separate net weight regulations for meat and poultry products in a new CFR part, applicable to both meat and poultry products. (D/N FSIS-2008-0015, FR Pub 09/09/08, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-20559.pdf)
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping and countervailing administrative reviews: