The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico (A-201-830). The agency calculated an AD rate of 12.08 percent for Deacero,1 a slight decrease from the preliminary rate. The new rate is effective May 14.
The Commerce Department is beginning an inquiry to determine whether imports of unfinished “t-shirt” bags are circumventing the antidumping duty order on polyethylene retails carrier bags from China (A-570-886). According to domestic industry, several importers are bringing in bags from China that require so little processing after importation that they should be considered subject to the order.
Book covers do not have to be rigid to meet an antidumping duty order scope exclusion for paper that is case bound through the inclusion of binders board, a spine strip, and cover wrap, said the Commerce Department. So Franklin Mill’s notebooks fall outside of the scope of the AD duty order on lined paper products from China (A-570-901), it said in a final ruling.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand (A-549-821). The only individually reviewed company in the review, Trinity Pac, failed to cooperate and so was preliminarily assigned an adverse facts available (AFA) AD rate, Commerce said. The company had filed for dissolution and liquidation during the review, but its former corporate officers didn't acknowledge Commerce's questionnaires, it said. The agency also found that TPN FlexPac had no reviewable shipments during the period of review. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The antidumping duty investigation of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel from Japan is set to continue, following the International Trade Commission’s preliminary finding that imports of the merchandise is injuring U.S. industry. The ITC voted 5-1 in favor of an injury finding. The Commerce Department initiated its investigation April 23 (see 13042217).
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on frontseating service valves from China (A-570-933). The agency preliminarily found that Zhejiang DunAn Hetian Metal Co., Ltd. had no reviewable transactions during the period of review. The other reviewed company, Sanhua, was assigned a preliminary AD rate. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The Commerce Department published notices in the May 9 Federal Register 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 Commerce Department published notices in the May 8 Federal Register 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 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 International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the May 7 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):