The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review and two new shipper reviews on tapered roller bearings from China (A-570-601). The administrative review covered Changshan Peer Bearing (CPZ/SKF) and three non-individually reviewed companies. The new shipper reviews covered Automann and Zhengda. Zhengda was assigned a zero AD rate which, if finalized, will result in liquidation of all period of review entries produced and exported by Zhengda without regard to AD duties, and no cash deposit on that company's subject merchandise 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.

A group of U.S. companies filed petitions July 2 requesting antidumping duties on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam and countervailing duties on oil country tubular goods from India and Turkey, alleging unfairly traded imports are injuring domestic industry. U.S. Steel, Vallourec Star, TMK IPSCO, Energex, Northwest Pipe Company, Tejas Tubular Products, Welded Tube Company, Boomerang Tube, and Maverick Tube Corporation alleged that undersold and illegally subsidized imports from those countries are causing injury to U.S. industry.

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the July 3 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):

Pragmatus filed a petition for Section 337 investigation June 27, seeking to bar imports of cellphones and tablets from Pantech. The patents at issue are related to a personal security and tracking system that relays information on the device’s location. According to Pragmatus, a patent licensing company based in Alexandria, Va., Pantech is importing infringing wireless devices from South Korea. Pragmatus is seeking cease and desist and limited exclusion orders against the allegedly infringing imports.

The International Trade Commission issued a general exclusion order barring all imports of printer toner cartridges that infringe patents held by Canon. The import ban results from a Section 337 investigation on the imports that began in February 2012. The President now has 60 days to review the import ban, during which time he may veto the order. During that period, importers must pay a 100 percent bond on any imported toner cartridges that are subject to the general exclusion order.

The Commerce Department published notices in the July 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 initiated two antidumping duty new shipper reviews on fresh garlic from China (A-570-831) at the request of Cangshan Qingshui Vegetable Foods Co., Ltd. and Jinxiang Merry Vegetable Co., Ltd., for merchandise each company both produces and exports to the U.S. Commerce will determine Qingshui and Merry are eligible for estimated AD cash deposit rates other than the China-wide entity rate they currently receives.

The Commerce Department published notices in the July 2 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 announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by July 31 for producers and exporters subject to 21 antidumping duty orders and seven countervailing duty orders and one suspension agreement with July anniversary dates.

The Commerce Department will collect antidumping duties on Chinese-origin tissue paper processed in India by A.R. Printing and Packaging India Pvt. Ltd. (ARPP), after finding that the company’s reprocessing is so minor that the merchandise remains subject to the AD duty order on tissue paper products from China (A-570-894). Only merchandise processed from Chinese-origin tissue paper will be subject to the order. As Commerce explained in the preliminary results, ARPP sufficiently distinguishes between Chinese and Indian origin inputs in its inventory, so all imports from ARPP don’t have to be included.