💼Annual Reporting Requirements for Defense Offsets Agreements in 2024
This notice is to remind the public that U.S. firms are required to report annually to the Department of Commerce (Commerce) information on contracts for the sale of defense articles or defense services to foreign countries or foreign firms that are subject to offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value. U.S. firms are also required to report annually to Commerce information on offsets transactions completed in performance of existing offsets commitments for which an offsets credit of $250,000 or more has been claimed from the foreign representative. This year, such reports must include relevant information from calendar year 2024 and must be submitted to Commerce no later than June 15, 2025.
Learn More⚖️Countervailing Duty Orders on Ferrosilicon from Select Countries
Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing countervailing duty (CVD) orders on ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia. In addition, Commerce is amending its final CVD determination with respect to ferrosilicon from Kazakhstan to correct a ministerial error.
Learn More🏛️U.S.-China Economic Review Commission
Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission. The Commission is mandated by Congress to investigate, assess, and report to Congress annually on "the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China." Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold a public hearing in Washington, DC on June 5, 2025 on "China Shock 2.0: Overcapacity and Beijing's Supply Chain Chokepoints."
Learn More📡Analysis of First Responder Network Authority Public Meeting Implications
The FirstNet Authority Board will convene an open public meeting of the Board and Board Committees.
Learn More📈Notice on Alternatives to Cohen's d Pricing Analysis
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) seeks information and public comment on how the administering authority can meet the statutory requirement outlined in section 777A(d)(1)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), to identify if "there is a pattern of export prices (or constructed export prices) for comparable merchandise that differ significantly among purchasers, regions, or periods of time." The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) recently held that it is unreasonable to use the current Cohen's d test when the Cohen's d test is applied to data that do not satisfy the statistical assumptions of normal distribution, equal variances, and sufficiently numerous data. Commerce seeks information and public comment regarding alternatives to the use of the Cohen's d test to define when prices differ significantly among purchasers, regions, and time periods, pursuant to section 777A(d)(1)(B)(i) of the Act.
Learn More🐟South Atlantic Red Snapper Assessment - Public Meeting Notice
The SEDAR 90 assessment process of South Atlantic Red Snapper will consist of a Data Workshop, and a series of assessment webinars, and a Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Learn More🪑Antidumping Duty Review of Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that one company under review did not establish its entitlement to a separate rate and is part of the People's Republic of China (China)-wide entity, and found that seven companies under review with no entries of subject merchandise during the period of review (POR) remain in the China-wide entity. Further, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to 34 of the 42 companies/company groupings under review. The POR is January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
Learn More⚖️Preliminary Antidumping Duty Review for Forged Steel Blocks
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that a producer/exporter sold forged steel fluid end blocks (FEBs) from Germany in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
Learn More⚖️Final Antidumping Duty Review for Methionine from Spain
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a S.A. (Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a), the sole producer and exporter subject to this administrative review, made sales of methionine from Spain at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023.
Learn More🎣Advisory Committee Meeting on Atlantic Tunas - Spring 2025
The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) announces its annual spring meeting, to be held in a hybrid format June 2-3, 2025.
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