The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Aug. 12 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 issued the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on pasta from Italy (C-475-819). The agency found de minimis preliminary CV duty rates for Delverde and Valdigrano. If these findings are continued in the final results, entries of subject merchandise produced and exported by these two companies will not be liable for CV duties, and future entries will not be subject to CV duty cash deposits until further notice. These CV rates are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated CV cash deposit rates for these companies.

The Commerce Department is beginning antidumping duty investigations on ferrosilicon from Russia and Venezuela, it said in an Aug. 9 fact sheet. A group of domestic producers and labor unions requested the investigation July 19, alleging low-priced Russian and Venezuelan ferrosilicon is causing falling market prices, a drop in domestic sales revenue, and a decline in employment (see 13072624). They allege dumping margins of 21.85 to 60.78 percent for Russian exporters, and 20.07 to 60.11 percent for Venezuelan exporters, the fact sheet said.

The antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on steel threaded rod from India and Thailand are set to continue, after the International Trade Commission unanimously voted Aug. 9 that there is a “reasonable indication” that allegedly dumped and illegally subsidized imports of the product are injuring U.S. industry. The Commerce Department had started the investigations in June based on a petition from three domestic manufacturers (see 13072327). Commerce is currently scheduled to make its preliminary countervailing duty determination for India in September, and its preliminary antidumping duty determinations for India and Thailand in December.

The U.S. International Trade Commission issued an injunction Aug. 9 on Samsung mobile devices that violated two Apple patents. The ITC vote followed a hearing earlier that same day at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. There, Apple told a three-judge panel that upholding a lower court’s decision not to ban 26 Samsung mobile devices a San Jose federal jury found last year violated six Apple patents would be a “fundamental change” to U.S. patent law. Apple also faced a hearing at the U.S. District Court, Manhattan, in connection with the ruling last month that Apple violated antitrust laws by conspiring with publishers to "eliminate retail competition and raise the prices for e-books."

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Aug. 9 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. 9 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 published notices in the Aug. 8 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 purified carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands (A-421-811). The agency calculated a preliminary AD rate for Azko Nobel, and said CP Kelco had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. If Commerce's no shipments finding for CP Kelco 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 Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Taiwan (A-583-837). The only remaining company under review is Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation and its subsidiary Shinkong Materials. 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.