The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857/C-122-858). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 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 Commerce Department is beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry on allegations that prestressed concrete steel wire strand made in the U.S. using high carbon steel wire from Mexico is circumventing the antidumping duty order on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Mexico (A-201-831), the agency said in a notice.
The Commerce Department will consider whether to create a new exemption for lithographic-grade aluminum sheet from antidumping duties on common alloy aluminum sheet from Germany (A-428-849), it said in a notice beginning a changed circumstances review. Kodak requested the partial revocation, and presented a letter from the Aluminum Association Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet Trade Enforcement Working Group, which originally requested the AD order on German aluminum sheet, saying it doesn't oppose creating the exemption.
The Commerce Department will consider a potential new exemption for certain off-grid solar panels from the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on crystaline silicon photovoltaic cells from China (A-570-979/C-570-980), it said in a notice initiating a changed circumstances review. The proposed exemption was requested by Source Global, and is purportedly not opposed by U.S. producers of solar panels.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from Belgium (A-423-813). The agency preliminarily calculated a 8.22% AD rate for the only company under review, Citribel nv. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Citribel entered July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Any changes to rates for Citribel would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, due in November.
The Commerce Department has issued the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review of corrosion-resistant steel products from South Korea (C-580-879). This review covers subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from South Korea (A-580-874). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from four producers and exporters entered July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on monosodium glutamate from Indonesia (A-560-826). In the final results of this review, Commerce may set assessment rates for subject merchandise from two companies entered Nov. 1, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 27 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):