The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will consider revoking the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil (A-351-832 / C-351-833), Indonesia (A-560-910), Mexico (A-201-830), Moldova (A-841-805), Trinidad and Tobago (A-274-804), and Ukraine (A-823-812); the AD/CV duty orders on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China (A-570-910 / C-570-911); and the AD duty order on silicomanganese from Russia (A-821-817), in their automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in June. Advance notice is given because automatic sunset reviews have short deadlines. An order will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and the ITC finds that revocation would result in continuation or recurrence of material injury to a U.S. industry. As a result, a negative determination by either Commerce or the ITC would result in the revocation of these orders.
The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by May 31 for producers and exporters subject to 27 antidumping duty orders and five countervailing duty orders with May anniversary dates.
The Commerce Department initiated administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with March anniversary dates. The agency said it intends to issue the final results of these reviews no later than March 31, 2014.
The International Trade Commission voted to begin an investigation into whether imports of sleep-disordered breathing treatment systems and components are violating Section 337 by infringing patents held by ResMed. The products are used in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea by delivering pressurized air to the user to keep that user’s breathing passages open during sleep, the petition for investigation said (see 13040201). According to ResMed, Apex Medical makes infringing breathing treatment systems abroad, and imports them into the U.S. through its affiliate Apex Medical USA. Medical Depot, which does business as Drive Medical Design & Manufacturing, also imports infringing breathing treatment systems it buys from Apex Medical, the complaint alleged. ResMed is requesting the ITC issue limited exclusion and cease and desist orders against the proposed respondents.
Steel shelving used in wine coolers, beverage coolers, and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant cooling units fall within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on kitchen appliance shelving and racks from China (A-570-941 / C-570-942), said the Commerce Department April 22. U.S. importer U-Line Corporation had requested the scope ruling, arguing the shelves fell outside of the scope because they are not for use in residential refrigerators. But according to the Commerce department, the end use of the racks is irrelevant, and the shelving met the dimensional criteria set forth in the scope.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 26 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):
The Commerce Department published notices in the April 26 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 International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 25 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):
The International Trade Commission ended its Section 337 patent investigation on Apple iPhones (337-TA-745) with a finding of no violation. Motorola requested the investigation in 2010, alleging violations by imports of Apple iPhones (see 13022227). After a remand on several issues, an administrative law judge found infringement of certain patents, but said the patents were invalid because they were obvious concepts.
The Commerce Department initiated an antidumping duty new shipper review on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China (A-570-848) at the request of Hubei Nature Agriculture Industry Co., Ltd., for merchandise it produces and exports to the United States. The agency will determine if Hubei Nature Agriculture is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the China-wide entity rate it currently receives.