A domestic producer coalition seeks the imposition of new antidumping duties and countervailing duties on epoxy resin from China, India, South Korea and Taiwan, as well as antidumping duties on epoxy resin from Thailand, it said in petitions filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission last week. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers.
New antidumping duties take effect retroactive to July 7, 2023, for importers of more hydrofluorocarbon blends from China, the Commerce Department said in its preliminary determination in an anti-circumvention inquiry.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 10 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):
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel racks from China (A-570-088). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 30, 2022.
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with February anniversary dates, it said in a notice April 9. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by May 9 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 9, 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.
A bill that directs the Biden administration to promulgate rules within 18 months to require data submissions for de minimis importers was introduced April 9 by Sens. Mike Braun, R-Ind., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., called the Ensure Accountability in De Minimis Act.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 9 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 following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of March 25-31 and April 1-7:
Headphone or speaker retail display shelves imported by Fasteners for Retail aren't covered by an antidumping and countervailing duty orders on prepackaged boltless steel shelving units from China, the Commerce Department said in a March 29 scope ruling. Among other things, the display shelves aren't shelving units -- they are only decks, or parts of shelves, it said.