The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Taiwan (A-583-854). The agency said the only company under review, Create Trading Co., Ltd., had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period under review. If Commerce's “no shipments” finding for Create Trading is continued in the final results, subject merchandise from the company will continue to enter at AD rates set in the most recent previous review, and any entries filed with Create Trading's case number entered July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, will be liquidated at the all-others rate. Commerce will make its final decision when it issues the final results of this review, currently due in October.

The following new requests for antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings were filed with the Commerce Department during the week of April 26-30:​

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 27 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 and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices April 27 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The Commerce Department on April 27 issued antidumping duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain (A-525-001), Brazil (A-351-854), Croatia (A-891-001), Egypt (A-729-803), Germany (A-428-849), India (A-533-895), Indonesia (A-560-835), Italy (A-475-842), Oman (A-523-814), Romania (A-485-809), Serbia (A-801-001), Slovenia (A-856-001), South Africa (A-791-825), Spain (A-469-820), Taiwan (A-583-867) and Turkey (A-489-839), and countervailing duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain (C-525-002), India (C-533-896) and Turkey (C-489-840). The International Trade Commission published its final injury determination April 26.

The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain (A-525-001), Brazil (A-351-854), Croatia (A-891-001), Egypt (A-729-803), Germany (A-428-849), India (A-533-895), Indonesia (A-560-835), Italy (A-475-842), Oman (A-523-814), Romania (A-485-809), Serbia (A-801-001), Slovenia (A-856-001), South Africa (A-791-825), Spain (A-469-820), Taiwan (A-583-867) and Turkey (A-489-839), and countervailing duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain (C-525-002), India (C-533-896) and Turkey (C-489-840). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties that will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may only take place under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CV duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.

The Commerce Department will impose permanent antidumping duties on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain (A-525-001), Brazil (A-351-854), Croatia (A-891-001), Egypt (A-729-803), Germany (A-428-849), India (A-533-895), Indonesia (A-560-835), Italy (A-475-842), Oman (A-523-814), Romania (A-485-809), Serbia (A-801-001), Slovenia (A-856-001), South Africa (A-791-825), Spain (A-469-820), Taiwan (A-583-867) and Turkey (A-489-839), and countervailing duties on common alloy aluminum sheet from Turkey (C-489-840), Bahrain (C-525-002) and India (C-533-896), after the International Trade Commission on March 31 voted that dumped and illegally subsidized imports of the product are injuring U.S. industry, the ITC said in a news release. The affirmative injury vote means that Commerce will issue AD/CV duty orders on aluminum sheet from these countries, and will begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine assessments of AD/CV duties on importers. The ITC also reversed Commerce's findings of “critical circumstances,” so the latter agency will refund all CV duty cash deposits collected for Turkey prior to May 16, 2020, and all AD duty cash deposits collected for Indonesia prior to July 17, 2020, in connection with the respective investigations. Commerce issued its final AD/CV duty determinations in March (see 2103050032 and 2103050027).

The Commerce Department published Federal Register notices March 8 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 issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain (A-525-001), Brazil (A-351-854), Croatia (A-891-001), Egypt (A-729-803), Germany (A-428-849), India (A-533-895), Indonesia (A-560-835), Italy (A-475-842), Oman (A-523-814), Romania (A-485-809), Serbia (A-801-001), Slovenia (A-856-001), South Africa (A-791-825), Spain (A-469-820), Taiwan (A-583-867) and Turkey (A-489-839). Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect March 8.

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Feb. 26, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADD CVD Search page.