The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on aluminum foil from China (A-570-053). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the companies under review entered April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on activated carbon from China (A-570-904). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the companies under review entered April 2022 through March 2023.
Amid a four-year review of Section 301 tariffs that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will end soon (see 2404170074), Democratic senators led by Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio called on President Joe Biden to maintain the tariffs on China. In a short May 2 letter, they said the country continues to disrupt global supply chains and distort markets across such sectors as steel, solar technology and electric vehicles.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 1, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
An element of the Generalized System of Preferences benefits package that has passed the House Ways and Means Committee next month could result in some apparel items being added to the eligibility list for the first time, something sponsor Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., has pushed for since 2023.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 1 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in June it will consider revoking the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on quartz surface products from China (A-570-084/C-570-085) and raw flexible magnets from China (A-570-922/C-570-923). It also will consider revoking the AD orders on non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings from China (A-570-875) and raw flexible magnets from Taiwan (A-583-842). These orders will be revoked, or the investigation terminated, unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to the U.S. industry, Commerce said.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China (A-570-156) and Japan (A-588-881) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD cash deposit requirements retroactively on entries of subject merchandise from China beginning Feb. 1, 2024. For Japanese exporters, suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect May 1, 2024.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from China (A-570-910/C-570-911); glycine from India (A-533-833/C-533-834); and laminated woven sacks from Vietnam (A-552-823/C-552-824). It also will consider revoking the AD orders on glycine from Japan (A-588-878) and Thailand (A-549-837) and silicomanganese from India (A-533-823) and Kazakhstan (A-834-807), as well as the CVD orders on glycine from China (C-570-081) and Venezuela (C-307-820), Commerce said in a notice May 1.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 1 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):