The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Thailand (A-549-820). Commerce assigned a zero percent AD rate for the only company under review, The Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. (SIW). Subject merchandise from SIW entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022, will be liquidated without regard to AD. The new zero percent cash deposit rate for SIW takes effect May 21.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices May 20 on AD/CVD proceedings:

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 17, 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 ADCVD Search page.

The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that truck and bus tires from Thailand (A-549-848) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose antidumping duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning May 20, the date this preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department issued a notice in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from Cambodia (A-555-003/C-555-004), Malaysia (A-557-830/C-557/831), Thailand (A-549-851/C-549-852) and Vietnam (A-552-841/C-552-842). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations on Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand cover entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the AD investigation on Vietnam covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 16, 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 ADCVD Search page.

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:

A new report from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service said there are many rising opportunities for American agricultural exports to Vietnam and Thailand, citing increasing demand for U.S. “consumer oriented products.” The agency said “robust opportunities exist” for exports to Vietnam, among them “bulk commodities related to feed and manufacturing,” including cotton, soybeans and grains. USDA also said beef, dairy, fruit and wine exports to Thailand have strong “growth potential.” Both countries have “growing consumer preference for U.S. branded products and exporters of U.S. agricultural products are sure to find exciting prospects in these markets,” USDA said.

The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:

A pair of exporters shouldn't be allowed to pluck "a few words out of context without examining the full language of that scope" in their challenge to a Commerce Department ruling that steel truck wheels made in Thailand with either Chinese-origin rims or discs are subject to the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on steel wheels from China (Asia Wheel Co. v. United States, CIT Consol. # 23-00143).