The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on magnesium metal from China (A-570-896). The agency made no changes from its preliminary results, continuing to find sole respondent Tianjin Magnesium International, Co., Ltd. had no reviewable shipments during the period of review. TMI will continue to receive the AD rate last assigned to it, Commerce said.
The Commerce Department amended the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from China (A-570-909), revising AD rates for most companies slightly downwards in response to allegations it made calculation errors. The agency said the new rates will apply to AD cash deposits, but liquidation is currently on hold due to a Court of International Trade injunction. The new rate is effective April 26, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on new pneumatic off-the-road tires from China (A-570-912). The agency made changes to the preliminary AD rate for Zhongce, and rescinded the review for 78 companies that are part of the China-wide entity for which review requests were withdrawn. The new rate is effective April 16, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on freshwater crawfish tailmeat from China (A-570-848), finding zero AD rates for all three individually reviewed companies. For Nanjing Gemsen International, which was eligible for a separate rate but not individually reviewed, Commerce assigned a rate from a previous review of the company, rather than the zero average of the individual rates. The new rates are effective April 15, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on magnesia carbon bricks from China (C-570-955). The agency made no changes from its preliminary results, continuing to assign a rate based on adverse facts available to the two individually selected respondents. These rates are effective April 15, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on magnesia carbon bricks from China (A-570-954). The agency made no changes from the preliminary results, assigning Fengchi an AD rate based on adverse facts available. The new rates are effective April 15, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on kitchen appliance shelving and racks from China (C-570-942), which sets a CV cash deposit rate of 12.06 percent for New King Shan (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd. This rate is effective April 11.
The Commerce Department issued a countervailing order on drawn stainless steel sinks from China (C-570-984). The order details a "gap period" of Dec. 4 -- April 9 of no CV duty liability due to the expiration of the provisional measures period.
The Commerce Department issued an antidumping duty order on drawn stainless steel sinks from China (A-570-983). The agency said it left out a producer-exporter combination rate from the final determination, so it amended the final determination rates to add the omitted AD rate. The order details a "gap period" of April 3-9 of no AD duty liability due to the expiration of the provisional measures period.
On December 16-17, 2011, the House and Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2055, a bill to provide appropriations for most federal government agencies1 for the remainder of fiscal year 2012, including the DHS (which includes CBP, ICE, and TSA). Although H.R. 2055 contains $11.7 billion for CBP, an increase of $362 million over the FY 2011 level, FY 2012 funding would be reduced for automation modernization, international cargo screening, C-TPAT, etc. (Note that some press reports suggest that the President wants an agreement on the payroll tax cut before he will sign H.R. 2055 into law.)