FR Alert – Covering:08/28/2018

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 43848-43849] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-18611] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-570-089] Countervailing Duty Investigation of Steel Racks From the People’s Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable August 28, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eli Lovely at (202) 482-1593 or Robert Galantucci at (202) 482-2923, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and [[Page 43849]] Compliance, Office IV, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 10, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of steel racks from the People’s Republic of China.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than September 13, 2018. ————————————————————————— \1\ See Certain Steel Racks from the People’s Republic: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Inv
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 43848] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-18613] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-570-084] Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People’s Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair- Value Investigation AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable August 28, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Medley, Blaine Wiltse, or Whitley Herndon at (202) 482-4987, (202) 482-6345, or (202) 482-6274, respectively; 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 On May 7, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a less-than-fair value (LTFV) investigation of imports of certain quartz surface products from the People’s Republic of China.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than September 24, 2018. ————————————————————————— \1\ See Certain Q
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 43847-43848] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-18612] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-570-983, C-570-984] Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks From the People’s Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on drawn stainless steel sinks from the People’s Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the AD and CVD orders. DATES: Applicable August 28, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Tucker at (202) 482-2044, AD/ CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY I
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 43899] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-18563] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation Nos. 701-TA-583 and 731-TA-1381 (Final)] Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From China Determinations On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject investigations, the United States International Trade Commission (“Commission”) determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of imports of cast iron soil pipe fittings, excluding drain bodies, from China, provided for in subheading 7307.11.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, that have been found by the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) to be sold in the United States at less than fair value (“LTFV”) and to be subsidized by the government of China.\2\ The Commission also determines that an industry in the United States is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of drain bodies from China that are sold in the United States at LTFV and subsidized by the governm
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 43792-43796] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-18628] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 216 RIN 0648-XG408 Implementation of Import Restrictions; Certification of Admissibility for Certain Fish Products From Mexico AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notification. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Treasury and Homeland Security, is, under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), giving notice of import restrictions on fish and fish products from Mexico caught with gillnets deployed in the range of the vaquita, an endangered porpoise. Importation into the United States from Mexico of fish and fish products harvested by gillnets in the upper Gulf of California (UGC) within the vaquita’s geographic range is now prohibited. These import restrictions are being implemented as required by a
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 43899-43900] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-18569] ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 337-TA-1044] Certain Graphics Systems, Components Thereof, and Consumer Products Containing the Same; Commission Final Determination Finding a Section 337 Violation; Issuance of a Limited Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Orders; Denial of Motion To Amend; and Termination of the Investigation AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has found a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (“section 337”), as amended, in this investigation. The Commission has issued a limited exclusion order prohibiting the importation of certain graphics systems and televisions containing the same that infringe claim 1-5 and 8 of U.S. Patent No. 7,633,506 (“the ‘506 patent”). The Commission has also issued cease and desist orders directed to Respondents VIZIO, Inc. (“VIZIO”) and Sigma Designs, Inc. (“SDI”). The Commission has further determined to deny Complainan
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