The Commerce Department published notices in the Sept. 3 Federal Register 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 issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks from China (A-570-941). The agency found a zero AD rate for New King Shan (Zhu Hai) Co., Ltd. If continued in the final results, period of review entries from New King Shan will be liquidated without regard to AD duties, and its merchandise will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.

Two U.S. manufacturers asked for antidumping duties against chlorinated isocyanurates from Japan, and countervailing duties on chlorinated isocyanurates from China, in petitions filed Aug. 29 with the Commerce Department and International Trade Commission. Clearon Corp. and Occidental Chemical said dumped and illegally-subsidized imports of the pool cleaning chemical from the two countries are undercutting their prices and hurting industry profits. CV duties against Chinese imports would come on top of an existing AD duty order issued in 2005.

The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet and strip from Brazil (A-351-841), China (A-570-924), and the United Arab Emirates (A-520-803), and the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on lightweight thermal paper from Germany (A-428-840) and China (A-570-920 / C-570-921), in their automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in October. Advance notice is given because sunset reviews have short deadlines. An order will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and the ITC finds that revocation would result in continuation or recurrence of material injury to a U.S. industry. As a result, a negative determination by either Commerce or the ITC would result in the revocation of these orders.

The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by Sept. 30 for producers and exporters subject to 25 antidumping duty orders, six countervailing duty orders, and two suspended antidumping duty investigations with September anniversary dates.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began the five-year Sunset Review of the antidumping duty orders on electrolytic manganese from China (A-570-919) and Australia (A-602-806); and the AD duty order on steel wire garment hangers from China (A-570-918).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 29 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):

Uralchem’s NS 30:7 fertilizer is subject to antidumping duties under the order on ammonium nitrate from Russia (A-821-811), said the Commerce Department Aug. 6 in a final scope ruling. Uralchem argued the fertilizer is not an ammonium nitrate product, citing testimony and other evidence it gave Commerce. But Commerce said the “(k)(1)” factors like the petition, records the investigation, and prior scope determinations were enough to find the fertilizer in scope, so examination of any other factors like Uralchem’s evidence would have gone against its regulations.

Jay Import Company’s candles that are shaped like cherubs are subject to antidumping duties on petroleum wax candles from China (A-570-504), said the Commerce Department Aug. 27 in a final scope ruling. Although the scope of the AD duty order excludes “figurine” candles shaped like deities, cherubs are not deities because they are not “supremely good or powerful,” Commerce said.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Aug. 28 Federal Register 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):