The Commerce Department issued an antidumping duty order on paper file folders from Sri Lanka (A-542-806). The order sets permanent antidumping duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce now will begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China (A-570-190/C-570-191). The orders, published Sept. 29, set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of silicon metal from Angola and Laos, it said in a fact sheet issued Sept. 26.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of chassis from Mexico (A-201-865), Thailand (A-549-854) and Vietnam (A-552-849) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency has imposed AD cash deposit requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning Sept. 29.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 26 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 25 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Oct. 4 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of open-ear earpiece devices infringe patents held by Bose, it said in a notice to be published Sept. 26 in the Federal Register. According to the complaint, the respondents are seeking a general exclusion order and cease and desist orders against 22 Chinese companies to bar from entry "certain open-ear earpiece devices (also known as open-ear headphones or open earbuds)" that violate their patents. Bose described its products as "open-ear earbuds which, unlike traditional in-ear or over-ear headphones, do not block the ear canal, allowing users to hear both their audio and ambient sounds simultaneously."
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 25 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with August anniversary dates. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications on or about Oct. 9 to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect Sept. 26 for imports of silicon metal from Australia (C-602-814), Laos (C-553-002), Norway (C-403-807) and Thailand (C-549-856), after the Commerce Department found countervailable subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations.