The Commerce Department released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on utility scale wind towers from Indonesia (A-560-833), calculating a 3.06% AD rate for PT. Kenertec Power System, the mandatory respondent in this review. That rate was also assigned to seven companies not individually examined in this review: GE Indonesia; GE Renewable Energy; General Electric Indonesia; Korindo Wind; Nordex SE; PT. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy; and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from South Korea (C-580-837). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates of 1.08% for two South Korean companies, a slight change from the preliminary results that had the rate for each company at 1.1%. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries in calendar year 2021.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) from China (A-570-044). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022.
The U.S. Lumber Coalition, which represents sawmills and owners of timberlands, said U.S. courts are the better venue for resolving legal questions on trade remedies, so its members are glad that Canada is going to the Court of International Trade rather than asking for a dispute panel under USMCA.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 5 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 announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by Oct. 2 for producers and exporters subject to 40 antidumping duty orders, 13 countervailing duty orders and one suspension agreement with September anniversary dates.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review of steel propane cylinders from Thailand (A-549-839). The agency calculated an AD rate of 2.12% for Sahamitr Pressure Container Plc. Any changes to Sahamitr's cash deposit rate would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review. Once Commerce issues its final results, the agency will assess AD at importer-specific rates for entries of subject merchandise from Sahamitr entered Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, it said.
The Commerce Department released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on utility scale wind towers from South Korea (A-580-902), calculating a 1.95% AD rate for Dongkuk S&C Co., Ltd., and assigning that rate to 12 other companies. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Dongkuk entered between Aug. 1, 2021, and July 31, 2022, would be assessed AD duties at importer-specific rates, and importers from the other 12 companies under review would be assessed AD duties at the 1.95% rate. A 1.95% cash deposit rate would take effect for Dongkuk and the other 12 companies upon publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on hydrofluorocarbon blends from China (A-570-028). The agency said the one mandatory respondent, Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., did not make sales at less than fair value during the review period, and assigned it a zero percent AD rate.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel from India (C-533-874). The agency set new CVD cash deposit rates for four exporters. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021.