The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from China (A-570-073/C-570-074), truck and bus tires from China (A-570-040/C-570-041), and rubber bands from China (A-570-069/C-570-070), as well as the AD order on rubber bands from Thailand (A-549-835), Commerce said in a notice released Dec. 29.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on glycine from India (C-533-884). It said it made changes to its preliminary results of this review based on comments received. The agency set new CVD cash deposit rates for exporters of subject merchandise. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered during calendar year 2021.
The Commerce Department will begin administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with November anniversary dates, it said in a notice published Dec. 29. Producers and exporters subject to administrative reviews on products from China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications on or about Jan. 29 to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by Jan. 31 for producers and exporters subject to 23 antidumping duty orders and 15 countervailing duty orders with anniversary dates in January.
The Commerce Department will soon suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of paper shopping bags from Cambodia, Colombia, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam, and will also require AD cash deposits on paper shopping bags from China and India, it said in a fact sheet issued Dec. 28 announcing its preliminary determinations in the AD investigations. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 10.05% to 248.81% for Cambodian exporters; 12.81% to 135.77% for Chinese exporters; 9.48% to 56.14% for Colombian exporters; zero to 54.4% for Indian exporters; 3.1% to 112.22% for Malaysian exporters; zero to 60.26% for Taiwanese exporters; 26.32% to 47.56% for Turkish exporters; 51.25% to 92.34% for Vietnamese exporters; and at 11.33% for all Portuguese exporters.
The Commerce Department is amending antidumping duty rates it set in its preliminary determination in the AD investigation on boltless steel shelving from Thailand (A-549-846), it said in a notice released Dec. 29 correcting a "significant ministerial error" in its original preliminary determination issued in November (see 2311280055).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 28 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 28 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 beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that certain companies are importing electronic eyewear that infringe on patents held by IngenioSpec, the ITC said in a notice Dec. 27. In a complaint filed in December (see 2311290058), IngenioSpec said the companies -- which include Luxottica, Bose, Epson, Lenovo and TCL -- are copying its patented technology for electronic sunglasses that allow consumers to take pictures, record videos, make hands-free phone calls and play music. The ITC will consider whether to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders banning importation and sale of infringing merchandise from the companies identified in the complaint.
The Commerce Department looks set to leave in place agreements suspending antidumping and countervailing duties on sugar from Mexico (A-201-845/C-201-846), it said in the preliminary results of two administrative reviews. The exporters of Mexican sugar reviewed by Commerce appear to be in compliance with the suspension agreement, Commerce said. The final results of these reviews are due in April. A finding that Mexican companies are not complying would result in Commerce terminating the suspension agreements, causing AD/CVD to take effect.