The Commerce Department is setting new antidumping and countervailing duty suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements on imports from China of aluminum sheet made from aluminum alloy 4017, it said April 12 in the preliminary determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 11 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 said it made an omission in the Federal Register notice announcing in March the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on ripe olives from Spain (C-469-818) (see 2303080032). The agency said the company listed as Aceitunas Guadalquivir, S.L., should have been Aceitunas Guadalquivir, S.L.U., and its cross-owned affiliates Coromar Inversiones, S.L., AG Explotaciones Agricolas, S.L.U., and Grupo Aceitunas Guadalquivir, S.L.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on lined paper products from India (A-533-843). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Sept. 1, 2020, through Aug. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department will suspend liquidation and require antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposits on various types of pipes and tubes made in Vietnam from hot-rolled steel produced in China, India, South Korea and Taiwan, after preliminarily finding the goods are circumventing AD/CVD orders on a variety of pipe and tube products from the four countries.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 11 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 final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on magnesium metal from China (A-570-896). Commerce continued to find that both companies under review -- Tianjin Magnesium International, Co., Ltd. (TMI) and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (TMM) -- had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. As such, AD cash deposit rates for these two companies will remain at the rates set for each company in the most recently completed proceeding (i.e., the original final determination or a prior administrative review).
The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on imports of anti-theft shopping cart wheels (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1357), it said in a Federal Register notice. The initiation of the investigation follows a March 8 complaint by California-based Gatekeeper Systems (see 2303140044). The complaint alleges that Rocateq International, Rocateq USA and Zhuhai Rocateq Technology Co. import products that infringe on five of Gatekeeper's patents concerning locking and movement systems for shopping carts. Gatekeeper asked the ITC to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Rocateq and its related companies.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 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 has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on cold-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (C-580-882). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020.