The Commerce Department will soon impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of paper file folders from China, India and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet issued May 11 announcing its preliminary determinations in the AD investigations. Commerce set an AD rate of 192.7% for all Chinese exporters, 324.7% for all Vietnamese exporters, and rates ranging from 15.07% to 86.01% for Indian exporters, it said. AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days. Liquidation for India is already suspended and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements are in effect under a preliminary CVD determination issued in March (see 2303170013).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 10 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 International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on imported medical admixture devices (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1362). The items at issue are fluid transfer devices that have a trifurcated connector body with an integral vial adapter.
Correction: The International Trade Commission delayed the implementation date of a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders on streaming video components only as it related to repair or replacement of products during the 60-day presidential review period (see 2305090015).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 10 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 published notices in the Federal Register May 9 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 has released the preliminary results of an antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from Germany (A-428-849). The final results of this review will be used to set importer assessments for three German companies for the period Oct. 15, 2020, through March 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department on May 9 released the preliminary results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on common alloy aluminum sheet from Turkey (A-489-839/C-489-840). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Oct. 15, 2020, through March 31, 2022, and CVD assessment rates for entries Aug. 14, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2021.
Comments are due to the International Trade Commission by May 18 in a potential Section 337 investigation on imported photovoltaic connectors. The ITC notice acknowledges receipt of a May 3 complaint by Shoals, a Tennessee-based solar and energy storage company, alleging Hikam, a California-based photovoltaic cable company, and Hewtech, a Chinese electronics firm, along with their affiliated companies, import photovoltaic connectors for solar panels that infringe on two of Shoals' patents. Shoals asked the ITC for a permanent limited exclusion order, directed at products manufactured by or on behalf of Hikam and Hewtech, their subsidiaries, related companies and agents, along with permanent cease and desist orders. The two patents describe double-molded connectors that provide environmental protection and reduce the risk of moisture infiltration to the connectors.
The International Trade Commission has reconsidered the implementation date of a repair or replacement exemption in a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders on streaming video components (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1265), it said in a Federal Register notice released May 9. The orders targeted Icon Health & Fitness, FreeMotion Fitness, NordicTrack, Peloton Interactive, or any of their affiliated companies for importing exercise equipment with streaming video that infringed on three patents held by Dish (see 2303130005).