The Commerce Department will soon impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of pea protein from China, according to a fact sheet issued Feb. 8. The agency said it has made its preliminary determination in an ongoing AD duty investigation on Chinese pea protein, and will set AD duties ranging from 122.19% to 280.31% (111.65% to 269.77% as adjusted for cash deposit purposes) when it publishes that preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Pea protein from China already is subject to suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements for countervailing duty purposes (see 2312180049).
The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on gas-powered pressure washers from China (A-570-148/C-570-149). The orders, set for publication Feb. 12, set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Feb. 8:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Feb. 8, 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 Exquis, Lollicup USA and Sanster evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders covering thermal paper, the agency said. It found that all three importers evaded the orders on thermal paper from China and found that Exquis also evaded the AD order on thermal paper from South Korea, CBP said.
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders with December anniversary dates, it said in a notice. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by March 11 to avoid being assigned high China-wide rates.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain metal lockers and parts thereof from China (A-570-133). Commerce will assess AD at rates determined in these final results on subject merchandise from the companies under review entered Feb. 11, 2021, through July 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on electrolytic manganese dioxide from China (A-570-919). Commerce continued to find that the one company under review -- Duracell (China) Limited (DCL) -- isn't eligible for a separate rate and is part of the China-wide entity, with an AD rate of 149.92%.
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CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: