After the Trump administration released a memo outlining the scope of trade action to be taken during his term, one thing became clear, according to a variety of trade attorneys: antidumping duty and countervailing duty rates are about to soar.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on paper plates from China (C-570-165) and Vietnam (C-552-840). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Oct. 29, 2024, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on paper plates from China (A-570-164), Thailand (A-549-849) and Vietnam (A-552-839). Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect Jan. 28.
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 24 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders with December anniversary dates, it said in a notice. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by Feb. 10 to avoid being assigned high China-wide rates.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Jan. 24 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 23, 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 soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Thailand, it said in a fact sheet issued Jan. 23. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 13.28% to 37.9% for Thai exporters, it announced in its preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
The Commerce Department issued its final affirmative determinations in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of paper plates from China, Thailand and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet issued Jan. 22. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 267.63% to 515.4% for Chinese exporters; from 5.57% to 73.17% for Thai exporters; and from 30.42% to 165.27% for Vietnamese exporters, the agency said. Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 4.47% to 295.08% for Chinese exporters, and from 5.53% to 225.9% for Vietnamese exporters. Thailand was not subject to the CVD investigation. These rates will take effect upon publication in the Federal Register of the final determinations, which should occur in the coming days.