The Commerce Department on Aug. 5 published its quarterly list of (i) completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings and (ii) anti-circumvention determinations. The following list covers completed scope rulings for the period Jan. 1, 2024, through March 31, 2024:
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and set antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of glass wine bottles from Chile, China and Mexico, it said in a fact sheet Aug. 5. The agency's preliminary determinations set AD rates ranging from 6.64% to 173.91% for Chilean companies, 11.14% to 207.52% for Chinese companies and 14.96% to 96.95% for Mexican companies. Suspension of liquidation is already in effect for China for countervailing duty purposes (see 2405310078). AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements for these three countries will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
The Commerce Department will suspend liquidation and require antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum wire and cable finished in South Korea and Vietnam using inputs from China, after preliminarily finding the imports are circumventing AD/CVD orders on aluminum wire and cable from China (A-570-095/C-570-096).
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 29 - Aug. 4:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 5, 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.
China last week imposed sanctions against U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., for frequently making "remarks and actions that interfere in China's internal affairs and undermine China's sovereignty, security and development interests," China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, according to an unofficial translation. The ministry said it will impose an asset freeze and travel ban on McGovern.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 5 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 published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 5 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 Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is requesting comments on how China and Russia are complying with their World Trade Organization commitments, including in its import regulation, export regulation, subsidies, non-tariff barriers, intellectual property rights enforcement, rule of law issues, and trade facilitation, or other issues.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, hosted an event in Brooklyn, Ohio, last week to highlight his efforts to restrict Chinese goods from eligibility for de minimis shipments. The event included representatives of a local textile mill, law enforcement and others. Brown introduced a bill, the Import Security and Fairness Act, in June 2023 that would end China’s de minimis eligibility (see 2306150061). He also has urged the Biden administration to take executive action on the matter (see 2402260076).