The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative reviews on wood mouldings and millwork from China (A-570-117). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Feb. 1, 2022, through Jan. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on hydrofluorocarbon blends from China (A-570-028). The agency made changes to its preliminary finding that the one mandatory respondent, Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., did not make sales at less than fair value during the review period Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, and in the final results assigned it a 101.14% dumping margin.
Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect March 11 for imports of aluminum extrusions from China (C-570-159), Indonesia (C-560-841), Mexico (C-201-861) and Turkey (C-489-851), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls March 7:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 7, 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.
CBP found substantial evidence that Minth Mexico Coatings (MMC) evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders covering aluminum extrusions from China. CBP, in an Enforce and Protect Act notice of determination dated Feb. 27, said that MMC imported the aluminum extrusions from Chinese suppliers and transshipped them through Mexico, failing to declare the automotive parts as subject to the AD/CVD orders.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 7 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):
New antidumping duties take effect retroactive to July 7, 2023, for importers of certain hydrofluorocarbon blends from Turkey, the Commerce Department said in its preliminary determination in an anti-circumvention inquiry.
Democrats that represent Michigan and Ohio, where Big 3 automakers' plants are concentrated, are asking that the Section 301 review hike tariffs on Chinese automakers. Section 301 tariffs already apply a 25% tariff, making the total duty for a Chinese auto 27.5%.
A bipartisan bill sponsored by a half-dozen House members from Florida -- though none on the Ways and Means Committee -- offers full refunds for tariffs paid for imports of goods that should have been covered by the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program. It also renews the program through the end of 2029.