The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) scheduled a webinar Aug. 9 at 2 p.m. EDT to provide an overview of the ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty cases against Chinese producers of solar cells and panels and to highlight potential pitfalls for solar importers and purchasers. Among other things, the webinar will (1) highlight the various ways in which AD and CV duty margins can increase unexpectedly, creating an “open-ended contingent liability” for importers of Chinese cells and panels; (2) address the scope of the trade cases and the domestic industry’s request that all Chinese crystalline silicon solar cells and panels be subject to duties; and (3) discuss the role and enforcement powers of CBP in collecting duties and in detecting possible duty evasion and circumvention activities. CASM supported SolarWorld Industries Americas Inc.’s petition for the AD and CV duty investigations. The webinar will be available here. To access the webinar, enter the password “SOLAR”.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pasta from Turkey (A-489-805) for four companies, all of which preliminarily received zero AD rates. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey (A-489-502), which sets CV cash deposit rate for two companies, Borusan1 and Toscelik2. The CV rates for both companies were found to be de minmis3. These rates, which are effective Aug. 6, are expected to be implemented by CBP soon.
The International Trade Administration amended the scope of the antidumping duty order on steel nails from China (A-570-909), effective Aug. 4, to include steel nails found within toolkits, pursuant to a July Court of International Trade ruling affirming the ITA’s redetermination of an earlier scope ruling on remand. The ITA had originally found steel nails in toolkits imported by Target Corporation to be outside of the scope of the AD order in an August 2010 scope determination, and again found such nails to be outside of the scope on remand from CIT. CIT rejected this first remand, however, and on its second try, under protest, the ITA found the nails to be within scope.
The International Trade Administration made a preliminary affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of drawn stainless steel sinks from China (C-570-984). The ITA found preliminary CV rates of 2.12% to 13.94%, which are effective Aug. 6. U.S. Customs is expected to implement these CV cash deposit requirements soon. Pursuant to the ITA's October 2011 final rule, no bond will be accepted in lieu of a cash deposit.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Aug. 2 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands (A-421-811) for Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals B.V. and CP Kelco B.V.. The ITA said it intends to rescind this review with respect to CP Kelco pending the final results, because CP Kelco had no shipments during the period of review. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium in granular form from China (A-570-864) for China Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. According to the ITA, China Minmetals notified the ITA that it had no shipments after the deadline for such notifications, and did not respond to any ITA questionnaires. Therefore, China Minmetals was assigned the adverse facts available (AFA) China-wide rate. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain pasta from Turkey (C-489-806) for two companies. The CV rate for both companies under review was found to be de minimis1. These CV rates are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated CV cash deposit rate for these companies.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy (A-475-818) for seven companies. The ITA said it intends to rescind this review with respect to Fiamma Vesuviana S.r.L. and Botticelli Mediterraneo S.a.r.l. pending the final results, because the two companies had no shipments to the U.S. during the period of review. The ITA also said it intends to revoke this AD order with respect to Pastificio Attilio Mastromauro Granoro S.r.L., because if the final results confirm the zero rate Granoro received in these preliminary results it would be Granoro’s third consecutive zero rate. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.