The EU announced its 13th sanctions package on Russia last week to mark two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, imposing designations against another 194 people and companies while expanding the list of advanced technology items that Russia is seeking for its defense and technology sectors.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and members of the President’s Export Council will travel to Bangkok March 13-14 to “identify opportunities” to strengthen economic, trade and supply chain ties between the U.S. and Thailand, the Commerce Department announced last week. Raimondo will also use the trip to participate in a hybrid Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity ministerial with IPEF partners, the first such meeting since the negotiations ended on the proposed IPEF Clean Economy Agreement, Fair Economy Agreement and overarching Agreement on IPEF, and also the first since the signing ceremony for the IPEF Supply Chain Agreement in November (see 2402010026).

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Feb. 26 on AD/CVD proceedings:

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 23 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 Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Feb. 22:

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Feb. 23 on AD/CVD proceedings:

No lawsuits have been filed recently at the Court of International Trade.

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Feb. 22, 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:

The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel propane cylinders from Thailand (A-549-839). Commerce set an AD rate of 2.17% for Sahamitr Pressure Container Plc., the only company under review, representing a slight increase from the preliminary rate of 2.12% it calculated. Subject merchandise from Sahamitr entered Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, will be liquidated at importer-specific rates, Commerce said. The 2.17% AD duty cash deposit rate for Sahamitr takes effect Feb. 23, when the final results are to be published in the Federal Register.