The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Taiwan (A-583-837) for two companies, one of which preliminarily received a zero AD rate. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.

Imports from Russia of vanadium pentoxide produced by the Evraz Group, which are converted into ferrovanadium in the U.S. by Bear Metallurgical Corporation, are not circumventing the antidumping duty order on ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from Russia (A-821-807), the International Trade Administration said in the negative final determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry. The ITA said the toll-conversion process in the U.S. is not minor or insignificant. The merchandise will therefore not be included in the scope of the AD order.

The International Trade Administration published notices in the Aug. 3 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) scheduled a webinar Aug. 9 at 2 p.m. EDT to provide an overview of the ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty cases against Chinese producers of solar cells and panels and to highlight potential pitfalls for solar importers and purchasers. Among other things, the webinar will (1) highlight the various ways in which AD and CV duty margins can increase unexpectedly, creating an “open-ended contingent liability” for importers of Chinese cells and panels; (2) address the scope of the trade cases and the domestic industry’s request that all Chinese crystalline silicon solar cells and panels be subject to duties; and (3) discuss the role and enforcement powers of CBP in collecting duties and in detecting possible duty evasion and circumvention activities. CASM supported SolarWorld Industries Americas Inc.’s petition for the AD and CV duty investigations. The webinar will be available here. To access the webinar, enter the password “SOLAR”.

The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pasta from Turkey (A-489-805) for four companies, all of which preliminarily received zero AD rates. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.

The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey (A-489-502), which sets CV cash deposit rate for two companies, Borusan¹ and Toscelik². The CV rates for both companies were found to be de minmis³. These rates, which are effective Aug. 6, are expected to be implemented by CBP soon.

The International Trade Administration amended the scope of the antidumping duty order on steel nails from China (A-570-909), effective Aug. 4, to include steel nails found within toolkits, pursuant to a July Court of International Trade ruling affirming the ITA’s redetermination of an earlier scope ruling on remand. The ITA had originally found steel nails in toolkits imported by Target Corporation to be outside of the scope of the AD order in an August 2010 scope determination, and again found such nails to be outside of the scope on remand from CIT. CIT rejected this first remand, however, and on its second try, under protest, the ITA found the nails to be within scope.

The International Trade Administration made a preliminary affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of drawn stainless steel sinks from China (C-570-984). The ITA found preliminary CV rates of 2.12% to 13.94%, which are effective Aug. 6. U.S. Customs is expected to implement these CV cash deposit requirements soon. Pursuant to the ITA's October 2011 final rule, no bond will be accepted in lieu of a cash deposit.

The International Trade Administration published notices in the Aug. 2 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands (A-421-811) for Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals B.V. and CP Kelco B.V.. The ITA said it intends to rescind this review with respect to CP Kelco pending the final results, because CP Kelco had no shipments during the period of review. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.