The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in February it will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on refined brown aluminum oxide from China (A-570-882) and steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932). These orders will be revoked, or investigation terminated, unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to U.S. industry, Commerce said.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative reviews on corrosion inhibitors from China (A-570-122). In the final results of these reviews, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered March 1, 2023, through Feb. 29, 2024.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on float glass products from China and Malaysia, it said in a fact sheet Jan. 2. The underlying petition was filed in November (see 2411260047). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Jan. 27. These AD/CVD investigations will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on erythritol from China, it said in a fact sheet Jan. 3. The underlying petition was filed in December (see 2412190041). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Jan. 27. These AD/CVD investigations will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on slag pots from China. 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. WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc., requested the investigation.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Jan. 2:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 2, 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 December report from the Labor Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst alleges that outdoor lifestyle retailer REI has not been vigilant about ensuring the prevention of forced labor in its supply chain. REI said it's "deeply committed" to holding supply partners to "the highest standards of accountability."
The Commerce Department has released its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on glass wine bottles from China (A-570-162) and Mexico (A-201-862). Cash deposit rates set in this final determination take effect Jan. 2.
The Commerce Department is amending the Jan. 10, 2022, final results of a review of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from China (A-570-601) based on the final decision, issued Dec. 18, 2024, in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised AD rate for three exporters -- Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co., Ltd. (Tainai), Xinchang Newsun Xintianlong Precision Bearing Manufacturing Co., Ltd, (Xintianlong), and Hebei Xintai Bearing Forging Co., Ltd, (Xintai) -- changing it from 538.79% to 76.58%. The new rate is applicable Dec. 28, 2024: