The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland (A-405-803). The company under review is CP Kelco. 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.

The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Brazil (A-351-841). The agency said the only company under review, Terphane Ltda. and its affiliate Terphane Inc., had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. If Commerce's no shipments finding for Terphane is continued in the final results, subject merchandise from that company will continue to enter at AD rates set in previous reviews. 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 rates for these companies.

The International Trade Commission is publishing a notice in the Aug. 14 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):

The International Trade Commission its publishing its notice of a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order against some Samsung mobile devices that infringe Apple’s patents in the Aug. 15 Federal Register. The commission issued the orders on Aug. 9 (see 13081202). Lawyers previously told us they believed the Samsung import bans won’t be affected by U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman's veto of an ITC ruling that would have banned early-model Apple iPhones and iPad (see 13080814). The patents involved in this case aren’t standard-essential patents (SEPs). The ITC is setting bond at 1.25 percent of the entered value of infringing Samsung mobile devices during the 60-day period for USTR to review the import ban.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Aug. 14 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 could still put countervailing duty orders on frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador, India, Malaysia, China, and Vietnam, but imports from Indonesia and Thailand will get off scot-free after the Commerce Department found no illegal subsidization by those countries, the agency said in a fact sheet Aug. 13. Commerce found final countervailing duty rates of 18.16 for China, 10.13 to 13.51 percent for Ecuador, 10.54 to 11.14 percent for India, 10.80 to 54.50 percent for Malaysia, and 1.15 to 7.88 percent for Vietnam. All CV duty rates were found to be de minimis in the Indonesia and Thailand investigations.

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Aug. 13 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):

The Commerce Department published notices in the Aug. 13 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 final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on oil country tubular goods from China (C-570-944). The agency made changes to the CV duty rates for both companies under review. These rates are effective Aug. 14, and will be implemented by CBP soon.

The Commerce Department issued a Federal Register notice on its recently initiated antidumping investigations on ferrosilicon from Russia and Venezuela (A-821-820, A-307-824). The agency will determine whether imports of the subject merchandise are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. A Commerce Department fact sheet said domestic petitioners alleged AD rates of 21.85 to 60.78 percent for Russian exporters, and 20.07 to 60.11 percent for Venezuelan exporters.