FR Alert – Covering:08/16/2018
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 40745-40748] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17688] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-533-877] Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Critical Circumstance Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of stainless steel flanges from India are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) during the period of investigation (POI) July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017. DATES: Applicable August 16, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benito Ballesteros or Christian Llinas, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7425 or (202) 482-4877, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On March 28, 2018, Commerce publishe | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 40750-40751] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17692] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-533-843] Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable August 16, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson or Joy Zhang AD/CVD [[Page 40751]] Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3797 or (202) 482-1168, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On September 28, 2006, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on certain lined paper products from India.\1\ On September 1, 2017, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain lined paper products from India.\2\ On November 13, 2017, pursuant to timely requests from interested | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 40748] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17562] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-570-970] Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Rescission of the Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On July 16, 2018, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a final judgment in Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd., LLC. v. United States ordering the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to proceed with Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd.’s (Muyun Wood) new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People’s Republic of China (China). Commerce is notifying the public that the final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the final rescission of the new shipper review. DATES: Applicable beginning July 26, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aleksandras Nakutis, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution | |
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 40675-40677] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17710] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 19 CFR Part 24 [CBP Dec. 18-09; Docket No. USCBP-2018-0033] RIN 1515-AE39 Refund of Alcohol Excise Tax AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Interim regulations; solicitation of comments. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: This document updates language in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect the current organization of CBP and the Department of the Treasury. The document also eliminates a restriction pertaining to CBP’s authority to refund excessive duties, taxes, fees, or interest imposed on distilled spirits, wine, and beer to facilitate implementation of Subpart A (Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform) of Part IX of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed December 22, 2017, commonly referred to as the Craft Beverage Modernization Act. DATES: Thi | |
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 40752-40753] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17691] [[Page 40752]] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-580-895, A-583-861] Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber From the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) orders on low melt polyester staple fiber (low melt PSF) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and Taiwan. DATES: Applicable August 16, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado at (202) 482-4682 or Brittany Bauer at (202) 482-3860 (Korea); Rebecca Janz at (202) 482- 2972 or Ajay Menon at (202) 482-1993 (Taiwan); AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as a | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 40748-40750] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17696] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-533-878] Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of stainless steel flanges from India during the period of investigation January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. DATES: Applicable August 16, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Mullen or Chelsey Simonovich, AD/ CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5260 or (202) 482- 1979, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On January 23, 2018, Commerce published the Preliminary [[Page 40749]] Determination in the Federal Register.\1\ A summary of the events that occ | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 40787-40788] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17686] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Inv. No. 337-TA-1127] Certain Microperforated Packaging Containing Fresh Produce (II); Institution of Investigation AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 12, 2018, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Windham Packaging, LLC of Windham, New Hampshire. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on August 2, 2018. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain microperforated packaging containing fresh produce (II) by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,083,837 (“the ‘837 patent”). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required b | |
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