The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission initiated the five-year Sunset Review of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on new pneumatic off-the-road tires from China (A-570-912 / C-570-913); AD/CVD orders on raw flexible magnets from China (A-570-922 / C-570-923); and the antidumping duty order on raw flexible magnets from Taiwan (A-583-842)..

The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by Sept. 2 for producers and exporters subject to 24 antidumping duty orders and six countervailing duty orders with August anniversary dates.

The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with June anniversary dates. The agency said it intends to issue the final results of these reviews by June 30, 2014.

The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on solid urea from Russia (A-821-80), calculating a preliminary zero AD rate for sole respondent MCC EuroChem. If Commerce continues to find a zero AD rate for EuroChem in the final results, it will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of the company's subject merchandise during the period of review without regard to AD duties, and won't collect AD cash deposits on entries of EuroChem's subject merchandise until further notice. The 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 this company.

The Commerce Department amended its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from South Korea (A-580-855). The agency said it made errors in its calculation of Ehwa's AD rate (see 13061712). After correcting them, Ehwa's AD rate is now zero.

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the July 30 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 Clorox Company on July 25 asked the International Trade Commission for a ban on imports of laundry and household cleaning products to the U.S. from Alen, a company based in the U.S. and Mexico. According to Clorox’s Section 337 petition, Industrias Alen manufactures products that bear the names “Cloralex” and Pinol” in Mexico, including liquid bleach, color safe bleach, laundry detergent, all-purpose cleaners, bathroom cleaning products, disinfecting cleaners, and disinfecting wipes. The merchandise is then imported by Alen USA, and sold to retailers. According to Clorox, the products infringe its Clorox and Pine-Sol trademarks. Clorox is requesting a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against the allegedly infringing imports.

The Commerce Department published notices in the July 30 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 began three antidumping duty new shipper reviews on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) at the request of Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., and Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., for merchandise each company both produces and exports to the U.S. Commerce will determine Huade, Bonn Flooring, and Fuerhia are eligible for estimated AD cash deposit rates other than the China-wide entity rate they currently receive. Commerce will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting of a bond or security, in lieu of an AD cash deposit, for entries of the subject merchandise both produced and exported by either Huade, Bonn Flooring, or Fuerjia, until completion of the review.

The Commerce Department will look into whether imports of unfinished polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCB) are circumventing antidumping duties on PRCB from Taiwan, after receiving a request from domestic industry for an anti-circumvention inquiry. The bags, which are being imported from Taiwan into the U.S., only need their handles die cut and their bottoms sealed to become finished PRCB that would be subject to the order. According to the domestic petitioners, the conversion process required to finish the bags is so minor and insignificant that Commerce should find the unfinished bags subject to the order.