The International Trade Commission has terminated an investigation into imported silicon photovoltaic cells and modules with nanostructures, finding no patent infringement occurred, according to a notice released March 2 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1271).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 2 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 intends to end an anti-circumvention inquiry on lawn mower subassemblies, after finding the goods subject to the inquiry are exempt from the relevant antidumping and countervailing duty orders on walk-behind lawn mowers from China (A-570-129/C-570-130), Commerce said in a notice released March 2.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of freight rail couplers from China (C-570-146), after finding illegal subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its CV duty investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take retroactive effect for entries on or after Dec. 3, 2022, as a result of Commerce's finding of critical circumstances for all Chinese exporters.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on utility scale wind towers from South Korea (A-580-902). Commerce made some changes to the preliminary AD rate calculated for the one company under review, Dongkuk S&C Co., Ltd. This means the preliminary 2.58% AD rate for Dongkuk is lower, at 2.49% in the final results. Subject merchandise from Dongkuk entered Feb. 14, 2020, through July 31, 2021, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. A new 2.49% cash deposit rate for Dongkuk takes effect March 3, when the final results are set to be published in the Federal Register.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 1 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 has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from South Korea (A-580-880). Commerce made no change to the preliminary AD rate calculated for the one company under review, calculating a 2.8% AD rate for HiSteel Co., Ltd. Subject merchandise from HiSteel entered Sept. 1, 2020, through Aug. 31, 2021, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. A new 2.8% cash deposit rate for HiSteel takes effect March 2, when these final results are set to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from Slovenia (A-856-001). The agency said both companies under review, Impol d.o.o. and Impol FT, d.o.o. (collectively, Impol), made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review Oct. 15, 2020, through March 31, 2022, and assigned a dumping margin of 5.42%. If these preliminary results are adopted unchanged, Commerce will in its final results assess AD at importer-specific rates for subject merchandise from Impol entered Oct. 15, 2020, through March 31, 2022. A cash deposit rate of 5.42% would take effect for Impol upon publication of the final results in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by March 31 for producers and exporters subject to 36 antidumping duty orders and 21 countervailing duty orders with March anniversary dates.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on large residential washers from Mexico (A-201-842). The agency calculated an AD rate of 2.02% for Electrolux Home Products Corp. N.V. and its affiliate Electrolux Home Products de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., the only company under review. Any changes to Electrolux's cash deposit rate would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review in the Federal Register, currently due in July. As it currently stands, once it issues the final results, the agency would instruct CBP to liquidate entries from Electrolux entered Feb. 1, 2020, through Jan. 31, 2021, at importer-specific rates.