The International Trade Administration announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by April 1 for producers and exporters subject to 16 antidumping duty orders and five countervailing duty orders with March anniversary dates. Affected products include brass sheet and strip, glycine, tissue paper products, and drill pipe.

The International Trade Administration initiated administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with January anniversary dates. The ITA intends to issue the final results of these reviews no later than Jan. 31, 2014.

The International Trade Administration announced its preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination on hardwood and decorative plywood from China (C-570-986), finding de minimis CV duty rates for the three individual respondents. According to the ITA fact sheet, companies that didn’t respond to the ITA’s questionnaires were assigned a CV duty rate of 27.16 percent, and the all others rate was set at 22.63 percent. The ITA will direct CBP to suspend liquidation and collect CV duty cash deposits based on these preliminary rates. The final CV duty determination is due in July, at the same time as the companion antidumping duty final determination, although both deadlines may be extended.

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Feb. 27 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 Administration published notices in the Feb. 27 Federal Register on the following AD/CV 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 World Trade Organization decided China acted inconsistently with parts of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, according to a dispute panel report released Feb. 26. The report was requested by the European Union concerning China's "imposition of definitive anti-dumping duties on x-ray security inspection equipment" from the EU, the report said. The EU first requested consultations with China in July 2011.

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Feb. 26 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):

Neology filed a complaint alleging violations of Section 337 by imports of radio frequency identification (RFID) products that infringe its patents. The RFID products are mainly used for electronic vehicle registration and toll collection purposes, and Neology’s patent allows for secure verification of information from the devices. According to the complaint, Federal Signal Corporation and subsidiaries Federal Signal Technologies and Sirit Corp. imported and sold RFID products from Singapore, Taiwan and Israel that violated Neology’s patents. 3M Company later bought FSC’s RFID divisions, and continued to import and sell the products. RFID that violate Neology’s products are used on Detroit’s International Bridge and by the Utah Department of Transportation, Neology said. Neology is requesting limited exclusion and cease and desist orders. The company named the following proposed respondents to the investigation:

The International Trade Commission voted to begin a Section 337 investigation of wireless communications base stations (337-TA-871) to determine if 4G-LTE base stations imported and sold by Ericsson are infringing patents held by Adaptix. The products are used by wireless carriers to build networks. Adaptix is requesting limited exclusion and cease and desist orders.

The International Trade Administration published notices in the Feb. 26 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):