The Commerce Department recently issued an antidumping duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Russia (A-821-808), following the termination of a suspension agreement that had been in place since 2003, and in an earlier form since 1997. The order sets permanent antidumping duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
A decision is due soon from the Commerce Department on whether to begin new antidumping duty investigations on mattresses from Bosnia, Bulgaria, Burma, India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Taiwan, as well as a countervailing duty investigation on mattresses from Indonesia. The agency is nearing the end on Aug. 17 of the 20 day period it has to review petitions filed July 28 by a group of domestic mattress manufacturers and labor unions.
The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on imported ice machines for commercial uses (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1369), it said in a notice.
The Commerce Department is finalizing its determination not to impose antidumping duties on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Vietnam and circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Vietnam using hot-rolled steel made in Taiwan, it said in a notice Aug. 9. The agency said in the final determinations of an anti-circumvention inquiry that imports of the merchandise are not circumventing AD/CVD orders on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan (A-583-008) and circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Taiwan (A-583-814). Commerce also found no circumvention in its preliminary determination, so no suspension of liquidation or cash deposit requirements have been imposed as a result of the inquiry (see 2304110056).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 14 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 Aug. 14 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 is beginning a new shipper review at the request of Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited for the purposes of the countervailing duty order on carbazole violet pigment 23 from India (A-533-839), it said in a notice. The agency will determine a new CVD cash deposit rate applicable to Sudarshan Chemical, which has not previously exported to the U.S. and is currently covered by the all-others rate.
The Commerce Department is setting new antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of gas powered pressure washers from China (A-570-148), after finding imports of the product are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value in the preliminary determination of its AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements generally took effect Aug. 3, but Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and AD cash deposits retroactive to approximately May 5 for some Chinese companies.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on pea protein from China (A-570-154/C-570-155). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2022. The AD investigation covers entries Jan. 1 - June 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department said it is amending for the third time the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on new pneumatic off-the-road tires from China (A-570-912) in order to align a duty rate with the July 19 final judgment in a Court of International Trade case challenging the final results of the review covering the period Sept. 1, 2012, through Aug. 31, 2013. In a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Aug. 15, Commerce said it is amending the final results with respect to the dumping margin assigned to mandatory respondent Double Coin Holdings Ltd.