The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from China (A-570-010) and Taiwan (A-583-853) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. As a result, Commerce will impose AD duty cash deposit requirements on shipments of subject merchandise from the two countries entered on or after July 31. Commerce also set certification requirements for some importers claiming their product is not subject to duties.

The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on hand trucks and parts thereof from China (A-570-891). Commerce calculated a zero percent AD duty rate for New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., and found the only other company under review, Yangjiang Shunhe Industrial Co., Ltd., did not have any reviewable shipments to the U.S. during the relevant period.

The automation of the bond application and approval process would likely limit the risk of litigation with CBP and aid the agency in collecting bonds on unpaid antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD), said government officials at a July 16 Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing held on trade enforcement. The U.S. government is owed an estimated $2.3 billion in unpaid duties, accumulated over more than 20 years, said Rich DiNucci, Acting Assistant Commissioner for the CBP Office of International Trade, at the hearing. Nearly half of that figure has been protested at some point during that time period, and CBP denied 84 percent of those protests, DiNucci added.

The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene film, sheet and strip from China (A-570-934). These final results will be used to set assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between Nov. 1, 2011 and Oct. 31, 2012. New AD duty cash deposit rates set in this review will take effect July 2.

The Commerce Department is amending the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801). The agency dropped the AD rate it set for Vinh Hoan to zero percent, which means AD duties will not be assessed on entries from Vinh Hoan during the period under review, and subject merchandise from the company will not be subject to cash deposit requirements until further notice. But as a result of the change, Commerce raised AD rates for 23 other companies from $0.42/kg to $1.20/kg. These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between Aug. 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012. Amended AD duty cash deposit rates will take retroactive effect April 7.

The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from China (A-570-831). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between Nov. 1, 2011 and Oct. 31, 2012. New AD duty cash deposit rates set in this review will take effect June 30.

The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from China (A-570-900). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between Nov. 1, 2011 and Oct. 31, 2012. New AD duty cash deposit rates set in this review will take effect June 24.

The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on prestressed concrete steel rail tie wire from Mexico (A-201-843) and China (A-570-990). The order details a "gap period" of June 11-22 of no AD duty liability due to the expiration of the "provisional measures" period.

The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on magnesium metal from China (A-570-896). Commerce continued to find the only respondent, Tianjin Magnesium International, Co., Ltd. (TMI), had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. As such, TMI's AD cash deposit rate will remain at rate set for TMI in the most recent prior administrative review.

The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan (A-588-804) and the United Kingdom (A-412-801). Commerce found that all of the 39 companies under review did not dump subject merchandise, and assigned them zero percent AD duty rates. These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between May 2009 and April 2010. These AD duty orders have been revoked, so entries of ball bearings from Japan and the UK are no longer subject to cash deposit requirements.