The International Trade Administration issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of large residential washers from Mexico (A-201-841) and Korea (A-580-868), which found preliminary AD rates of 33.3% to 72.41% for Mexico, and 9.62% to 82.41% for Korea. The official notice of the ITA's preliminary determinations, which will trigger the implementation of the AD cash deposit requirements for subject merchandise, will be published in the Federal Register soon.
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 International Trade Commission mostly affirmed a March 2 administrative law judge’s final initial determination, and found no violation of section 337 with respect to Rambus’ patent claims in its investigation of certain semiconductor chips and products containing the same (337-TA-753). ITC therefore terminated the investigation. LSI Corporation and STMicroelectronics, along with their customers Asustek and Asus, Cisco Systems, Garmin International, Hewlett-Packard. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, and Seagate Technology were the only respondents remaining in the investigation, which had originally included Freescale, Broadcom, Mediatek, and NVIDIA.
The International Trade Commission said it's considering what the effects of a limited exclusion order directed against certain light-emitting diodes and products containing the same (337-TA-784) manufactured or imported by LG would have upon the public welfare, competition conditions in the U.S., and U.S. consumers, in light of a July 9 administrative law judge recommended determination on remedy and bonding. Comments are due by Aug. 22.
The International Trade Administration initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping duty order on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) at the request of Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd., which said it exports merchandise produced by Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The ITA will determine if this company is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the China-wide entity rate it currently receives.
The International Trade Administration initiated administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping duty orders with June anniversary dates. The ITA intends to issue the final results of these reviews no later than June 30, 2013.
The International Trade Administration issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of steel wire garment hangers from Taiwan (A-583-849) and Vietnam (A-552-812), which found preliminary AD rates of 69.98% to 125.43% for Taiwan, and 135.81% to 187.51% for Vietnam. The official notice of the ITA's preliminary determinations, which will trigger the implementation of the AD cash deposit requirements for subject merchandise, will be published in the Federal Register soon.
The International Trade Administration issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of utility scale wind towers from China (A-570-981) and Vietnam (A-552-814), which found preliminary AD rates of 20.85% to 72.69% for China, and 52.67% to 59.91% for Vietnam. The official notice of the ITA's preliminary determinations, which will trigger the implementation of the AD cash deposit requirements for subject merchandise, will be published in the Federal Register soon.
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by about Aug. 7 on a July 24 patent complaint filed on behalf of Technology Properties Limited, Phoenix Digital Solutions and Patriot Scientific Corp., which alleges violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the import into the U.S., the sale for import, and the sale within the U.S. after import of certain wireless consumer electronics devices and components thereof (D/N 2904). ITC is asking for comments on any public interest issues that might affect ITC consideration, including whether the issuance of an exclusion order and/or cease and desist order would impact the public interest.
The International Trade Commission voted to institute an investigation of certain video analytics software, components thereof, and products containing same (337-TA-852). The products at issue in this investigation are systems containing hardware and/or software for analyzing information from a video source to detect, classify, and track objects and generate outputs.